A weighty matter--lifting after breast cancer.

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  • Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
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710 n engl j med 361;7 nejm.org august 13, 2009 set up to encourage interaction and debate. We urge readers to visit the Forum section of the Center and share their ideas for the future of American health care. It is our hope that the entire body of work in the online Health Care Reform Center will inform the political process. Although the debate over how to repair and reinvigorate our health care system has been lengthy and often contentious, we must find common ground and consensus. As a nation we will be far better off with meaningful health care reform than without it.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The New England journal of medicine

دوره 361 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009