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Chronic illness presents the family physician and the primary health care team with some of the greatest challenges to their ingenuity and the most searching tests of their skills. Long-term care encompasses features unique to the practice of family medicine and involves the artful application of scientific knowledge and clinical skills together with a caring attitude.
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Davis, R.H. (1978). Chronic Illness. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3999-2_37
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