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The Built Environment for Professionalism

Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (Supplement) S57-S61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.S1.190441
Robert L. Phillips Jr
From the Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation, Washington, DC.
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