The wounded healer: can this idea be of use to family physicians?

Can Fam Physician

Faculty of Medicine, Palliative Care Unit, Notre Dame Hospital, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 1560 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal QC H2L 4M1.

Published: September 2008

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