Do trainers agree with trainees on referrals to emergency department?

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 508-514

  Wun, Y T ^a   Wong, T K ^b   Chao, D V K ^c  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b Tseung Kwan O Jackey Club   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emergency hospital service; Family practice; Referral; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 14844307034     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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