Why the disease-based model of medicine fails our patients.

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Published in West J Med on March 01, 2002

Authors

Alexander R Green1, J Emilio Carrillo, Joseph R Betancourt

Author Affiliations

1: Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency. Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital 505 E 70th St - HT4 New York, NY 10021.

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