Doctors and nurses: Referrals by general practitioners to different arms of an old age psychiatry service

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 995-999

  Ball, Chris ^a,d   Payne, Mike ^b   Lewis, Eugene ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St Clements Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Multidisciplinary; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NURSING; PATIENT REFERRAL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0029841049     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199611)11:11<995::AID-GPS425>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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