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Declining interest in primary care careers

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  1. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md

    Patrick A. O'Connell MD & Scott M. Wright MD

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Dr. Wright is an Arnold P. Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine.

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O'Connell, P.A., Wright, S.M. Declining interest in primary care careers. J GEN INTERN MED 18, 230–231 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.30117.x

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