Patient, client or customer?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 593-

  Nair, Balakrishnan R ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032556790     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb123427.x     Document Type: Article

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