Primary care: Opportunities and threats: Distributing primary care fairly

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7080, 1997, Pages 595-599

  Pringle, Mike ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; JUSTICE; LAW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031046337     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7080.595     Document Type: Short Survey

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