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An Ounce of Prevention: A Public Health Approach to Improving Physician Well-Being

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Deanna Chaukos

  2. McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA

    Heather S. Vestal

  3. New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Carol A. Bernstein

  4. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Richard Belitsky

  5. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Mitchell J. Cohen

  6. New York, NY, USA

    Lucy Hutner

  7. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Julie Penzner

  8. Glenview, IL, USA

    Stephen Scheiber

  9. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Marika I. Wrzosek

  10. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward K. Silberman

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Chaukos, D., Vestal, H.S., Bernstein, C.A. et al. An Ounce of Prevention: A Public Health Approach to Improving Physician Well-Being. Acad Psychiatry 42, 150–154 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-017-0751-z

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