Familiarity breeds neglect? Unanticipated benefits of discontinuous primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 503-507

  Broom, Dorothy H ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diagnosis; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE FINDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0141961785     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg501     Document Type: Article

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