Sending a policy signal: State legislatures, medical schools, and primary care mandates

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 743-770

  Weissert, Carol S ^a   Silberman, Susan L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031730259     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-23-5-743     Document Type: Review

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