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The Meaning Of Healing: Transcending Suffering

Thomas R. Egnew
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2005, 3 (3) 255-262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.313
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vol. 3 no. 3 255-262
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.313
PubMed 
15928230

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 5, 2004
  • Revision received November 23, 2004
  • Accepted for publication December 23, 2004
  • Published online May 31, 2005.

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  1. Thomas R. Egnew, EdD, LICSW
  1. Tacoma Family Medicine, Tacoma, and Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Thomas R. Egnew, EdD, LICSW, Tacoma Family Medicine, 521 Martin Luther King Junior Way, Tacoma, WA 98405-4238, tom.egnew{at}multicare.org
  1. A version of this paper has been presented at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 22nd Annual Predoctoral Educational Conference, Austin, Tex, January 1996.

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