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The Primary Care Physician Workforce: Ethical and Policy Implications

Barbara Starfield and George E. Fryer
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2007, 5 (6) 486-491; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.720
Barbara Starfield
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vol. 5 no. 6 486-491
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.720
PubMed 
18025485

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 14, 2006
  • Revision received February 22, 2007
  • Accepted for publication March 3, 2007
  • Published online November 19, 2007.

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© 2007 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH1 and
  2. George E. Fryer Jr, PhD2
  1. 1Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md
  2. 2New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH, University Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 452, Baltimore, MD 21205, bstarfie{at}jhsph.edu

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