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Moral Distress with Obstacles to Hepatitis C Treatment: A Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) Study of Family Medicine Program Directors

Aditya Simha, Camille M. Webb, Ramakrishna Prasad, N. Randall Kolb and Peter J. Veldkamp
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2018, 31 (2) 286-291; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170220
Aditya Simha
From the Department of Management, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (AS); Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (CMW); Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (RP); UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh (NRK); Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (PJV).
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Camille M. Webb
From the Department of Management, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (AS); Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (CMW); Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (RP); UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh (NRK); Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (PJV).
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Ramakrishna Prasad
From the Department of Management, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (AS); Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (CMW); Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (RP); UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh (NRK); Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (PJV).
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N. Randall Kolb
From the Department of Management, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (AS); Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (CMW); Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (RP); UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh (NRK); Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (PJV).
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Peter J. Veldkamp
From the Department of Management, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, WI (AS); Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (CMW); Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (RP); UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh (NRK); Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (PJV).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2018, 31 (2) 286-291; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170220

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Aditya Simha, Camille M. Webb, Ramakrishna Prasad, N. Randall Kolb, Peter J. Veldkamp
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2018, 31 (2) 286-291; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170220
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