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Re: Family Medicine and Obstetrics: Let's Stop Pretending

Daniel M. Avery, Marion D. Reed and Catherine A. Skinner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2019, 32 (2) 279; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180329
Daniel M. Avery Jr
College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
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College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
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Catherine A. Skinner
College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
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