Social prescribing: A call to action

Affiliations

¹ Family physician and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. dominik.nowak@medportal.ca.
² Assistant Professor in the Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Director of Policy and Communications at the Alliance for Healthier Communities, and a member of the Toronto Board of Health.

Dominik Alex Nowak et al. Can Fam Physician. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;67(2):88-91.

doi: 10.46747/cfp.670288.

¹ Family physician and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. dominik.nowak@medportal.ca.
² Assistant Professor in the Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Director of Policy and Communications at the Alliance for Healthier Communities, and a member of the Toronto Board of Health.

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Comment in

Very much in our backyard.
Bhayana B. Bhayana B. Can Fam Physician. 2021 Apr;67(4):229. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6704229. Can Fam Physician. 2021. PMID: 33853900 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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