Using social network principles to structure linkages between providers and patients

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue , 2001, Pages 59-80

  Chumbler, Neale R ^a   Grimm, James W ^a  

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EID: 0141899292     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0275-4959(01)80007-7     Document Type: Article

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