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Goal-Oriented Prevention: How to Fit a Square Peg into a Round Hole

James W. Mold, Darren A. DeWalt and F. Daniel Duffy
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2023, jabfm.2022.220283R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220283R1
James W. Mold
From the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Chapel Hill, NC (JWM); Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, (DAD); Internal Medicine and Medical Informatics, University of Oklahoma–Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Tulsa (FDD).
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Darren A. DeWalt
From the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Chapel Hill, NC (JWM); Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, (DAD); Internal Medicine and Medical Informatics, University of Oklahoma–Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Tulsa (FDD).
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F. Daniel Duffy
From the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Chapel Hill, NC (JWM); Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, (DAD); Internal Medicine and Medical Informatics, University of Oklahoma–Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Tulsa (FDD).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2023, jabfm.2022.220283R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220283R1
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