Emergency department telephone advice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-146

  Fatovich, Daniel M ^a   Jacobs, Lan G ^b   McCance, Jill P ^a   Sidney, Kerry L ^a   White, Rod J ^a  

^a Swan District Hospital   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL AREA; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032479742     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb116015.x     Document Type: Article

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