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Tips for Managing Young Adult Rheumatology Patients

Gregory Taylor, MSW, RCSW  |  Issue: May 2017  |  

Gregory Taylor, MSW, RCSW, is a team member in the Young Adults with Rheumatic Disease Clinic for the Mary Pack Arthritis Program, Vancouver (B.C., Canada) Coastal Health. Mr. Taylor also provides social work services to an adult population on an outpatient basis.

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