What clinical information do doctors need?

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7064, 1996, Pages 1062-1068

  Smith, Richard ^a  

^a BMA House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029803181     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7064.1062     Document Type: Article

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