Trends in negative defensive medicine within general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 456, 2000, Pages 565-566

  Summerton, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Negative defensive medicine; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033941332     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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