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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. MDPCP promises to narrow the primary care-subspecialist reimbursement gap and provide opportunities to improve patient care in the short term. Phillips, Jr.

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Health professionals speak out against the new nuclear arms race

Common Sense Family Doctor

The historical events depicted in the Academy Award–winning film Oppenheimer are no longer just history; at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, for the first time in decades, the United States has resumed building plutonium cores.

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The Witness

StorytellERdoc

Although I could describe to her our efforts, I wanted her to see for herself the incredible attempts of resuscitation being provided. The family doctor was called. Obviously, witnessing such a loss and life-altering event may not be for everyone. She wholeheartedly agreed, embracing my invitation. I dictated my note.

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