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Family Medicine Hospitalists Three Years Out of Residency: Career Flexibility or a Threat to Office-Based Family Medicine?

Ramon S. Cancino and Brian W. Jack
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2018, 31 (5) 677-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.05.180203
Ramon S. Cancino
From Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX (RSC); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (BWJ).
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From Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX (RSC); Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (BWJ).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2018, 31 (5) 677-679; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.05.180203

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