Interview w/ Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos on gatekeeper role played by U.S. physicians in facilitating vulnerable patients’ access to disability benefits

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Interview with Dr. Ippolytos Kalofonos on the gatekeeper role played by U.S. physicians in facilitating vulnerable patients’ access to disability benefits.
Supplement to the N Engl J Med 2019; 381:1985-1989
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Ippolytos Kalofonos is an assistant professor at the International Institute and Center for Social Medicine and Humanities at UCLA and the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal.

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