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Beyond Fighting Fires and Chasing Tails? Chronic Illness Care Plans in Ontario, Canada

Grant Russell, Patricia Thille, William Hogg and Jacques Lemelin
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2008, 6 (2) 146-153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.793
Grant Russell
MBBS, FRACGP, MFM, PhD
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Patricia Thille
MA, BSc(PT)
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William Hogg
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vol. 6 no. 2 146-153
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.793
PubMed 
18332407

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 13, 2006
  • Revision received August 30, 2007
  • Accepted for publication September 17, 2007
  • Published online March 10, 2008.

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  1. Grant Russell, MBBS, FRACGP, MFM, PhD,
  2. Patricia Thille, MA, BSc(PT),
  3. William Hogg, MD, CCFP, FCFP and
  4. Jacques Lemelin, MD, Fcfp
  1. CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Elisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Grant Russell, MBBS, PhD, 43 Bruyere St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 5C8, Canada, grussell{at}scohs.on.ca
  1. A version of this report was presented at the Australian General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference (poster), Perth, Australia, July 2006; and at the North America Primary Care Research Group, Tucson, Arizona, October 16, 2006.

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