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“It’s Like Riding Out the Chaos”: Caring for Socially Complex Patients in an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU)

Brian Chan, Elizabeth Hulen, Samuel Edwards, Matthew Mitchell, Christina Nicolaidis and Somnath Saha
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2019, 17 (6) 495-501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2464
Brian Chan
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
2Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon
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Elizabeth Hulen
3Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
4Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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Samuel Edwards
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Matthew Mitchell
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Christina Nicolaidis
1Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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