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Understanding Healing Relationships in Primary Care

John G. Scott, Deborah Cohen, Barbara DiCicco-Bloom, William L. Miller, Kurt C. Stange and Benjamin F. Crabtree
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2008, 6 (4) 315-322; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.860
John G. Scott
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vol. 6 no. 4 315-322
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.860
PubMed 
18626031

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 10, 2007
  • Revision received January 31, 2008
  • Accepted for publication February 12, 2008
  • Published online July 14, 2008.

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© 2008 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. John G. Scott, MD, PhD1,2,
  2. Deborah Cohen, PhD1,2,
  3. Barbara DiCicco-Bloom, RN, PhD1,2,
  4. William L. Miller, MD, MA3,
  5. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD2,4,5 and
  6. Benjamin F. Crabtree, PhD1,2,6
  1. 1University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department of Family Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick
  2. 2Center for Research in Family Practice and Primary Care, Cleveland, Ohio
  3. 3Lehigh Valley Hospital, Department of Family Medicine, Allentown, Pennsylvania
  4. 4Case Western Reserve University, Departments of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Sociology, Cleveland, Ohio
  5. 5Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio
  6. 6Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: John G. Scott, MD, PhD Department of Family Medicine Robert Woods Johnson Medical School One Worlds Fair Dr Somerset, NJ 08873 scottjg{at}umdnj.edu

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