Choose and book

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 473-476

  Walford, Simon ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health   (United Kingdom)

^c Bannuttree House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Choose and Book; National Programme for Information Technology; NHS Connecting for Health; Patient choice; Patient information

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW;

EID: 33750620936     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-5-473     Document Type: Review

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