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The Price of False Beliefs: Unrealistic Expectations as a Contributor to the Health Care Crisis

Steven H. Woolf
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2012, 10 (6) 491-494; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1452
Steven H. Woolf
Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
MD, MPH
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vol. 10 no. 6 491-494
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1452
PubMed 
23149524

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 16, 2012
  • Accepted for publication September 27, 2012
  • Published online November 12, 2012.

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  1. Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH
  1. Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  1. CORRESPONDING ADDRESS: Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1200 East Broad St, PO Box 980251, Richmond, VA 23298-0251, swoolf{at}vcu.edu

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