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. 1977 Sep;27(182):518–520.

Recording family and social history

L I Zander
PMCID: PMC2158499  PMID: 616839

Abstract

A diagrammatic method of recording family and social history using a family tree is described. Its advantages are identified and details of the way it has been introduced into the records in one general practice are given.

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