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Research ArticleReflections in Family Medicine

Global Family Medicine: A ‘UNIVERSAL’ Mnemonic

William B. Ventres
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2017, 30 (1) 104-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160074
William B. Ventres
From the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology, and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador; Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.
MD, MA
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vol. 30 no. 1 104-108
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160074
PubMed 
28062825

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication February 19, 2016
  • Revision received May 16, 2016
  • Accepted for publication May 31, 2016
  • Published online January 6, 2017.

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  1. William B. Ventres, MD, MA
  1. From the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology, and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador; Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR.
  1. Corresponding author: William B. Ventres, MD, MA, Urbanización Buenos Aires III, Block H, Calle Los Maquilishuat No. 3-A, San Salvador, El Salvador (E-mail: wventres{at}gmail.com).
  1. Prior presentation: I presented versions of this work as the Daniel J. Ostergaard, MD, Lecturer on Global Health at the American Academy of Family Physicians' Global Health Workshop in Denver, Colorado (October 2, 2015); and as an Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, in Tucson, Arizona (January 28, 2016).

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