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Meeting ReportPractice management and organization

“You’re only a receptionist, what do you want to know for?”: Street-level bureaucracy on the front line of general practice

Ian Litchfield
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2023, 21 (Supplement 3) 5479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.22.s1.5479
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vol. 21 no. Supplement 3 5479
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https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.22.s1.5479

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  • Published online November 16, 2023.

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