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Curbside Consultation

Vaccine Conversations: Meeting Patients Where They Are

Aisha Townes, MD
Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd

American Family Physician. 2026;113(4):396-397.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

Related article, Vaccine Adverse Effects: An Overview, is available.

Published online ahead March 16, 2026.

AISHA TOWNES, MD, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, Massachusetts

ALLEN F. SHAUGHNESSY, PharmD, MMedEd, Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden

Address correspondence to Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd, at ashaughnessy@challiance.org.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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This series is coordinated by Caroline Wellbery, MD, associate deputy editor.

A collection of Curbside Consultation published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/curbside.

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