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The Myth of the Lone Physician: Toward a Collaborative Alternative

George W. Saba, Teresa J. Villela, Ellen Chen, Hali Hammer and Thomas Bodenheimer
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2012, 10 (2) 169-173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1353
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vol. 10 no. 2 169-173
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1353
PubMed 
22412010

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication February 11, 2011
  • Revision received July 26, 2011
  • Accepted for publication August 23, 2011
  • Published online March 12, 2012.

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  1. George W. Saba, PhD⇓,
  2. Teresa J. Villela, MD,
  3. Ellen Chen, MD,
  4. Hali Hammer, MD and
  5. Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, MPH
  1. University of California, San Francisco at the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: George W. Saba, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Ward 83, Building 80, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, Gsaba{at}fcm.ucsf.edu

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