Food insecurity: What is the clinician's role?

CMAJ

Division of General Internal Medicine and Diabetes Population Health Research Center (Berkowitz), Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (Berkowitz), Boston, Mass.; Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences (Fabreau), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.

Published: October 2015

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