Is modern medicine at risk of losing the plot?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-216

  Scott, Ian A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROWDING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33748309196     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00534.x     Document Type: Article

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