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Trained and Ready, but Not Serving?—Family Physicians’ Role in Reproductive Health Care

Meenadchi Chelvakumar and Jonathan G. Shaw
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 182-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.200033
Meenadchi Chelvakumar
From the Division of Primary Care & Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University (MC); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University (JGS).
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Jonathan G. Shaw
From the Division of Primary Care & Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University (MC); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University (JGS).
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