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Editorial
. 2017;69(4):275-279.
doi: 10.3138/ptc.69.4.GEE.

Integrating Physiotherapists into Publicly Funded Primary Care: A Call to Action

[Article in English, French]
Simon Deslauriers  1   2 , Marie-Eve Toutant  2 , Miriam Lacasse  2 , François Desmeules  3   4 , Kadija Perreault  1   2
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Editorial

Integrating Physiotherapists into Publicly Funded Primary Care: A Call to Action

[Article in English, French]
Simon Deslauriers et al. Physiother Can. 2017.
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