Unequal to the task: Deprivation, health and UK general practice at the millennium

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 467, 2001, Pages 478-480+483

  Beale, N ^a  

^a Northlands R/D Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0034980492     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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