Promotion of disease and corrosion of medicine;Promotion de la maladie et corrosion de la médecine

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 51, Issue OCT., 2005, Pages 1320-1329

  Heath, Iona ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^b Caversham Group Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; JUSTICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 27744601587     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: 0008350X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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