Unresolved questions in telephone consulting

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-3

  McKinstry, Brian ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33644754776     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.1.2     Document Type: Editorial

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