The national service framework for long term conditions

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7503, 2005, Pages 1280-1281

  Agrawal, Niruj ^a   Mitchell, Alex J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 20444441865     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1280     Document Type: Editorial

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