Family practice in the new South Africa

Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 574-578

  Williams, Robert L ^a,b,d   Reid, Stephen J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d 11001 Cedar ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SOUTH AMERICA;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031719834     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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