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Empowering Family Physicians in Medical Staff Leadership to Foster Physician Well-Being

Megan R. Mahoney, Edward Damrose and Tait Shanafelt
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine April 2025, jabfm.2024.240136R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240136R1
Megan R. Mahoney
From the University of California San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, CA (MRM); Stanford University, Dept of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford, CA (ED); Stanford University, Dept of Medicine, Stanford, CA (TS).
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Edward Damrose
From the University of California San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, CA (MRM); Stanford University, Dept of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford, CA (ED); Stanford University, Dept of Medicine, Stanford, CA (TS).
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Tait Shanafelt
From the University of California San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, CA (MRM); Stanford University, Dept of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford, CA (ED); Stanford University, Dept of Medicine, Stanford, CA (TS).
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Megan R. Mahoney, Edward Damrose, Tait Shanafelt
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