The general practitioner and older people: Strategies for more effective home visits?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 365-374

  Carlisle, Sandra ^a   Hudson, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Problem patients'; Community care; GP home visits; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031528553     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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