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Family medicine around the world: overview by region
The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in the world
Neil Arya, Christine Gibson, David Ponka, Cynthia Haq, Stephanie Hansel, Bruce Dahlman and Katherine Rouleau
Canadian Family Physician June 2017, 63 (6) 436-441;
Neil Arya
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Ont.
MD CCFP FCFP DLittChristine Gibson
Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta and Executive Director of the Global Familymed Foundation.
MD FCFP MMedEd DTM&HDavid Ponka
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and Lead of the Besrour Papers Working Group.
MD CM CCFP(EM) FCFP MScCynthia Haq
Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
MDStephanie Hansel
Technical Specialist at Juzoor for Health and Social Development in Ramallah, Palestine, at the time of the study.
MScBruce Dahlman
Head of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Care in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Kabarak University in Kenya.
MD MSHPE FAAFPKatherine Rouleau
Associate Professor and Director of the Global Health Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto in Ontario, and Director of the Besrour Centre at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
MD CM CCFP MHSc
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Canadian Family Physician
Vol. 63, Issue 6
1 Jun 2017
Family medicine around the world: overview by region
Neil Arya, Christine Gibson, David Ponka, Cynthia Haq, Stephanie Hansel, Bruce Dahlman, Katherine Rouleau
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