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Re: Friendship as Medicine

Kenda Al-Assi, Emily M. Silver, Rekha Chandrabose, Elizabeth H. Ellinas, Eman Ansari and Danielle L. Sarno
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2024, 37 (4) 804; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240076R0
Kenda Al-Assi
From the Texas Clinical Research Institute, Arlington, TX (KA); Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, IL (EMS); Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, CA (RC); Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (EHE); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EA); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (DLS)
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Emily M. Silver
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Rekha Chandrabose
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Elizabeth H. Ellinas
From the Texas Clinical Research Institute, Arlington, TX (KA); Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, IL (EMS); Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, CA (RC); Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (EHE); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (EA); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (DLS)
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Eman Ansari
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Danielle L. Sarno
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Kenda Al-Assi, Emily M. Silver, Rekha Chandrabose, Elizabeth H. Ellinas, Eman Ansari, Danielle L. Sarno
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