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Editorial
. 2020 Jan 6:368:l6964.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6964.

Rising to the challenge of multimorbidity

Christopher J M Whitty  1 , Carrie MacEwen  2 , Andrew Goddard  3 , Derek Alderson  4 , Martin Marshall  5 , Catherine Calderwood  6 , Frank Atherton  7 , Michael McBride  8 , John Atherton  9 , Helen Stokes-Lampard  5 , Wendy Reid  10 , Stephen Powis  11 , Clare Marx  12
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Editorial

Rising to the challenge of multimorbidity

Christopher J M Whitty et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

We need to combine generalist and specialist skills

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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