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Future of family medicine

Role of patient-centred care and evidence-based medicine

Kamila Premji, Ross Upshur, France Légaré and Kevin Pottie
Canadian Family Physician May 2014; 60 (5) 409-412;
Kamila Premji
Family physician in Ottawa, Ont, and a clinician scholar trainee in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
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Ross Upshur
Canada Research Chair in Primary Care Research and Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
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France Légaré
Family physician in Quebec city, Que, and Full Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Laval University in Quebec city.
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Kevin Pottie
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Ottawa and Principal Scientist at the Institute of Population Health and the C.T. Lamont Centre for Primary Care Research in Ottawa.
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vol. 60 no. 5 409-412
PubMed 
24828995

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online May 14, 2014.

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  1. Kamila Premji, MD CCFP
  1. Family physician in Ottawa, Ont, and a clinician scholar trainee in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
  1. Ross Upshur, MD MSc CCFP FRCPC
  1. Canada Research Chair in Primary Care Research and Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
  1. France Légaré, MD PhD CCFP FCFP
  1. Family physician in Quebec city, Que, and Full Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Laval University in Quebec city.
  1. Kevin Pottie, MD MClSc CCFP FCFP⇑
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Ottawa and Principal Scientist at the Institute of Population Health and the C.T. Lamont Centre for Primary Care Research in Ottawa.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Kevin Pottie, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, 75 Bruyère St, Ottawa, ON K1S 0P6; telephone 613 241-1154; e-mail kpottie{at}uottawa.ca
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