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Balancing professionalism, culture, and self-expression

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  1. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    Mary Catherine Beach MD, MPH

  2. Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR

    Somnath Saha MD, MPH

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The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to declare.

Drs. Beach and Saha are supported by Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Saha is also supported by a Research Career Development award from the Health Services Research and Development Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Beach is also supported by a K-08 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Beach, M.C., Saha, S. Free to be you and me?. J GEN INTERN MED 20, 312–313 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.41006.x

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