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Change is not possible unless it is feasible

Dr Brian Hutchison reflects on how to improve the health care system

Nicholas Pimlott and Brian Hutchison
Canadian Family Physician November/December 2024; 70 (11-12) 753-754; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.701112753
Nicholas Pimlott
Editor of Canadian Family Physician and Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
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Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, when this article was written. This article is being published posthumously.
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