Participatory research maximises community and lay involvement. North American Primary Care Research Group.

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Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Herzl Family Practice Centre, SMBD Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.

Published: September 1999

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