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Opening the Black Box: Cognitive Strategies in Family Practice

Robert E. Christensen, Michael D. Fetters and Lee A. Green
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2005, 3 (2) 144-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.264
Robert E. Christensen
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vol. 3 no. 2 144-150
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.264
PubMed 
15798041

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication March 10, 2003
  • Revision received September 28, 2004
  • Accepted for publication October 18, 2004
  • Published online March 29, 2005.

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  1. Robert E. Christensen, MD,
  2. Michael D. Fetters, MD, MPH, MA and
  3. Lee A. Green, MD, MPH
  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Lee Green, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, 1018 Fuller, Ann Arbor MI, 48109-0708, greenla{at}umich.edu
  1. Presented at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference, San Francisco, Calif, April 28, 2002.

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