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Patient Encounters of a Difficult Kind

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  1. Roudebush VA Center of Health Information and Communication, Regenstrief Institute, and Indiana University School of Medicine, Roudebush VA Medical Center, 1481 W. 10th St. (11-H), Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

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Bair, M.J. Patient Encounters of a Difficult Kind. J GEN INTERN MED 29, 1083–1084 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-2914-x

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