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Impact of COVID-19 on American Family Physicians’ Intent to Retreat from Clinical Care

Chantal M. L. R. Brazeau, Ping-Hsin Chen, Christopher P. Morley and Kristine Olson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine December 2023, jabfm.2023.230156R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230156R1
Chantal M. L. R. Brazeau
From the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ (CMLRB, P-HC); Norton College of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (CPM); Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (KO).
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Ping-Hsin Chen
From the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ (CMLRB, P-HC); Norton College of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (CPM); Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (KO).
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Christopher P. Morley
From the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ (CMLRB, P-HC); Norton College of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (CPM); Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (KO).
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Kristine Olson
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Dec 2023, jabfm.2023.230156R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230156R1
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