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One Last Question: Opening Pandora’s Box?

Janet M. Townsend
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2009, 7 (2) 176-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.948
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vol. 7 no. 2 176-177
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.948
PubMed 
19273874

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 23, 2008
  • Revision received September 4, 2008
  • Accepted for publication September 15, 2008
  • Published online March 9, 2009.

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  1. Janet M. Townsend, MD
  1. Department of Family and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Janet M. Townsend, MD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Commonwealth Medical College 501 Madison Ave Scranton, PA 18510 jtownsend{at}tcmedc.org

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