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  1. Received from the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia

    Michael Berkwits MD

  2. the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Community Health Plan and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

    Thomas S. Inui ScM, MD

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From Research to Practice, a Journal series, presents articles to heighten the clinician’s awareness of research and methodology issues that have direct relevance to practice. If you wish to submit a manuscript for consideration for this series, please contact Cynthia D. Mulrow, MD, MSc, Associate Editor, at mulroux@uthscsa.edu, or contact the Journal of General Internal Medicine at (215) 823-4471 to receive the appropriate guidelines.

Supported in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Berkwits, M., Inui, T.S. Making use of qualitative research techniques. J GEN INTERN MED 13, 195–199 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00054.x

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