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Protecting Family Physicians from Burnout: Meaningful Patient-Physician Relationships Are “More than Just Medicine”

Angela R. Hiefner, Petra Constable, Kristin Ross, Dan Sepdham and Joseph B. Ventimiglia
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2022, 35 (4) 716-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.04.210441
Angela R. Hiefner
From Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (ARH, PC, KR, DS, JBV).
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Petra Constable
From Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (ARH, PC, KR, DS, JBV).
MD
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Kristin Ross
From Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (ARH, PC, KR, DS, JBV).
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Dan Sepdham
From Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (ARH, PC, KR, DS, JBV).
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Joseph B. Ventimiglia
From Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (ARH, PC, KR, DS, JBV).
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