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Cost-of-living challenges highlight urgency for clinicians to prescribe affordable medications

Iris Gorfinkel and Joel R. Lexchin
Canadian Family Physician September 2023; 69 (9) 599-600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6909599
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Cost-of-living challenges highlight urgency for clinicians to prescribe affordable medications
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