Primary care medicine in crisis: Toward reconstruction and renewal

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-247

  Moore, Gordon ^b   Showstack, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MARKETING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037418110     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-3-200302040-00032     Document Type: Review

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