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Caring for older patients in primary care: Wisdom and innovation from Canadian family physicians

Affiliations

¹ Professor in the Department of Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. frankc@providencecare.ca.
² Attending physician at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, Ont, a community family physician for the North York Family Health Team, and Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Care of the Elderly Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
³ Family physician in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto and Director of Certificates of Added Competence at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Christopher C Frank et al. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;64(6):416-418.

¹ Professor in the Department of Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. frankc@providencecare.ca.
² Attending physician at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto, Ont, a community family physician for the North York Family Health Team, and Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Care of the Elderly Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
³ Family physician in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto and Director of Certificates of Added Competence at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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