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Why Research in Family Medicine? A Superfluous Question

Jan M. De Maeseneer and An De Sutter
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2004, 2 (suppl 2) S17-S22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.148
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vol. 2 no. suppl 2 S17-S22
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.148
PubMed 
15655082

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
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  • Published online May 26, 2004.

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  1. Jan M. De Maeseneer, MD, PhD and
  2. An De Sutter, MD
  1. Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Belgium
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Jan De Maeseneer, MD, PhD, Department of General Practice, and Primary Health Care, UZ - 1K3 - De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, jan.demaeseneer{at}ugent.be
  1. A version of this paper was presented at the Wonca Research Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March 8-11, 2003.

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