Defining the future of primary care: What can we learn from patients?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-255

  Safran, Dana Gelb ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0037418126     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-3-200302040-00033     Document Type: Review

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