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Chronic Illness, Comorbidities, and the Need for Medical Generalism

Kevin Grumbach
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2003, 1 (1) 4-7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.47
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vol. 1 no. 1 4-7
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.47
PubMed 
15043173

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Published online May 1, 2003.

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  1. Kevin Grumbach, MD
  1. University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, Calif
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Kevin Grumbach, MD, San Francisco General Hospital, Ward 83, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, keving{at}itsa.ucsf.edu

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