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Dr. Kesselheim is supported by a career development award from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (K08HS18465-01) and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research.
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Licurse, A., Kesselheim, A.S. Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine: The United States, France, and Japan . Bioethical Inquiry 8, 383–386 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-011-9326-y
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