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Making Sense of Health Care Transformation as Adaptive-Renewal Cycles

Kurt C. Stange, Robert L. Ferrer and William L. Miller
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2009, 7 (6) 484-487; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1032
Kurt C. Stange
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vol. 7 no. 6 484-487
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1032
PubMed 
19901306

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 19, 2009
  • Accepted for publication October 19, 2009
  • Published online November 9, 2009.

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© 2009 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD, Editor,
  2. Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Editor and
  3. William L. Miller, MD, MA*

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