Chronic illness: The burden and the dream

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 229-230

  Chew, Mabel ^a   Van Der Weyden, Martin B ^a  

^a Deputy Medical EditorMedical Journal of Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0041779597     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05521.x     Document Type: Editorial

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