Continuing family medicine's unique contribution to rural health care

American Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 471-479

  Bowman, Robert C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Grp Rural Hlth Soc Teach Fam M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029741108     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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