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Ending the generational blame game

Let us move forward with needed primary care change

M. Ruth Lavergne, Catherine Moravac, Ian Scott, Rita K. McCracken, Lindsay Hedden, Agnes Grudniewicz and Emily Gard Marshall
Canadian Family Physician August 2023; 69 (8) 524-526; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6908524
M. Ruth Lavergne
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, and holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Primary Care.
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Catherine Moravac
Research associate in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University.
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Ian Scott
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice and Director of the Centre for Health Education Scholarship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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Rita K. McCracken
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Lindsay Hedden
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Agnes Grudniewicz
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Emily Gard Marshall
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Primary Care Research Unit at Dalhousie University and with the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
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Ending the generational blame game
M. Ruth Lavergne, Catherine Moravac, Ian Scott, Rita K. McCracken, Lindsay Hedden, Agnes Grudniewicz, Emily Gard Marshall
Canadian Family Physician Aug 2023, 69 (8) 524-526; DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6908524

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