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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright 2020 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.2020.2866
- Publisher site
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Abstract
In this narrative medicine essay, a physician reflects on his father’s experience, at the age of 85 years, of getting a physical examination from a new primary care physician that ended up setting off a cascade of examinations and treatments.
Journal
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: May 5, 2020