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Patient Management Skills

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This volume contains many references to the uniqueness of the family physician as a health care provider. As attested by the succeeding chapters, this uniqueness is perhaps best demonstrated in the family physician’s patient management skills.

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Jones, J.G. (1983). Patient Management Skills. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4002-8_21

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