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Clinical Ethics and Infectious Disease in Family Medicine

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Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care

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  1. Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Janet Fleetwood

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  1. Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik MD  & Ross H. Albert MD, PhD  & 

  2. Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik MD

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Fleetwood, J. (2008). Clinical Ethics and Infectious Disease in Family Medicine. In: Skolnik, N.S., Albert, R.H. (eds) Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-034-2_20

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