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Research ArticleReflections In Family Medicine

Physician, Steel Thyself

Alan Blum
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2023, jabfm.2023.230108R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230108R1
Alan Blum
From the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (AB).
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jabfm.2023.230108R1
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230108R1
PubMed 
37468218

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
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1557-2625
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1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication November 28, 2022
  • Revision received April 5, 2023
  • Accepted for publication April 10, 2023
  • Published online July 19, 2023.

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  1. Alan Blum, MD
  1. From the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (AB).
  1. Corresponding author: Alan Blum, MD, Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 (E-mail: ablum{at}ua.edu).
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