Does medical treatment mean patient benefit?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8998, 1996, Pages 379-380

  Pickering, William G ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030068648     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90544-9     Document Type: Article

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