Labelling chronic illness in primary care: A good or a bad thing

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 509, 2004, Pages 932-938

  Bedson, John ^a   McCarney, Rob ^a,b   Croft, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diagnosis; Knee osteoarthritis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 14944359304     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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