Practicality of recording patient ethnicity in general practice: Descriptive intervention study and attitude survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7038, 1996, Pages 1080-1082

  Pringle, Mike ^a   Rothera, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029912169     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7038.1080     Document Type: Article

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