The relationship between general practitioners' characteristics and the extent to which they refer clients to psychologists

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-231

  Pryor, Annie M R ^b   Knowles, Ann ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035653116     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060108259659     Document Type: Article

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