Research ArticleFAMILY MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Family Medicine With Refugee Newcomers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jackson Andrew Smith, Jean de Dieu Basabose, Margaret Brockett, Dillon Thomas Browne, Sandy Shamon and Michael Stephenson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2021, 34 (Supplement) S210-S216; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200115

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