Health Is Primary: Family Medicine for America's Health
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Health is primary: Family medicine for America's health.
PURPOSE More than a decade ago the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, American Board of Family Medicine, Association of Departments of Family Medicine, Association of Family Practice Residency Directors, North American Primary Care Research Group, and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine came together in the Future of Family Medicine (FFM)...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Family Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1544-1709,1544-1717
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1699