Emerging risks in out-of-hours primary care services

Clinical Governance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-298

  Price, Julie ^a   Haslam, Jonathan ^a   Cowan, Jane ^a  

^a Medical Protection Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; Medical care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTRACT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

EID: 33750348767     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270610708823     Document Type: Article

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