Is there agreement among general practitioners, paediatricians and otolaryngologists about the management of children with recurrent tonsillitis?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 371-378

  Capper, Ruth ^a,c   Canter, R J ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0034778486     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2001.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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