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Is ‘Clinical Inertia’ Blaming Without Understanding? Are Competing Demands Excuses?

Kurt C. Stange
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2007, 5 (4) 371-374; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.734
Kurt C. Stange
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vol. 5 no. 4 371-374
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https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.734

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1544-1709
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1544-1717
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  • Published online July 30, 2007.

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