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    Dennis H. Novack MD (Associate Physician, Assistant Professor of Community Health)

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Novack, D.H. Therapeutic aspects of the clinical encounter. J Gen Intern Med 2, 346–355 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596174

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