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Successful Health Care Provider Strategies to Overcome Psychological Insulin Resistance in United States and Canada

Tricia Tang, Danielle Hessler, William H. Polonsky, Lawrence Fisher, Beverly Reed, Tanya Irani, Urvi Desai and Magaly Perez-Nieves
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 198-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190157
Tricia Tang
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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Danielle Hessler
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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William H. Polonsky
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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Lawrence Fisher
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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Beverly Reed
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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Tanya Irani
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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Urvi Desai
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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Magaly Perez-Nieves
From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (TT); University of California, San Francisco, CA (DH, LF); Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA (WHP); University of California, San Diego, CA (WHP); Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (BR, MP-N); Eli Lilly and Company, Canada (TI); Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA (UD).
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