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Organizational Leadership For Building Effective Health Care Teams

Stephen H. Taplin, Mary K. Foster and Stephen M. Shortell
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2013, 11 (3) 279-281; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1506
Stephen H. Taplin
1Process of Care Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
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  • For correspondence: taplins@mail.nih.gov
Mary K. Foster
2Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Stephen M. Shortell
3School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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vol. 11 no. 3 279-281
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1506
PubMed 
23690329

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 28, 2012
  • Revision received November 26, 2012
  • Accepted for publication December 11, 2012
  • Published online May 20, 2013.

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  1. Stephen H. Taplin, MD, MPH1⇑,
  2. Mary K. Foster, PhD2 and
  3. Stephen M. Shortell, PhD3
  1. 1Process of Care Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
  2. 2Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
  3. 3School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Stephen H. Taplin, MD, MPH, Process of Care Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Dr MSC 9761, 3E522, Bethesda, MD 20892, taplins{at}mail.nih.gov

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