Evaluation of death registers in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 436, 1998, Pages 1739-1741

  Stacy, Rosie ^a,b   Robinson, Louise ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^a   Spencer, John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; Information sources; Questionnaire survey; Registers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT;

EID: 0031768044     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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