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The rural context of health care provision

Allison M. Williams Research Faculty, Saskatchewan Population Health & Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Malcolm P. Cutchin Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Pages 107-115 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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