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Pawn and King Play: A Stalemate on Rural Emergency Medicine Staffing

W. Anthony Gerard
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2019, 32 (3) 292-294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.190077
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