What is primary care informatics?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-309

  De Lusignan, Simon ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0037634436     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1187     Document Type: Article

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