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Factors influencing patients’ preferences for their treating physician

Khalid S. Alraddadi, Fayzah Al-Adwani, Ziad A. Taher, Mubark Al-Mansour and Muhammad Khan
Saudi Medical Journal August 2020, 41 (8) 866-873; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.8.25192
Khalid S. Alraddadi
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alraddadi, Al-Adwani); from the Department of Oncology (Al-Mansour), King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Taher); and from the Medical Education Unit (Khan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fayzah Al-Adwani
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alraddadi, Al-Adwani); from the Department of Oncology (Al-Mansour), King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Taher); and from the Medical Education Unit (Khan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ziad A. Taher
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alraddadi, Al-Adwani); from the Department of Oncology (Al-Mansour), King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Taher); and from the Medical Education Unit (Khan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mubark Al-Mansour
From the Department of Family Medicine (Alraddadi, Al-Adwani); from the Department of Oncology (Al-Mansour), King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Taher); and from the Medical Education Unit (Khan), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad Khan
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