Providing primary care in the accident and emergency department: The end of the inappropriate attender

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7129, 1998, Pages 409-509

  Robertson Steel, I R S ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032492156     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7129.409     Document Type: Editorial

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