Self-care - Has DIY gone too far?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 533, 2006, Pages 907-908

  Ryan, Angela ^a   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   McManus, Richard ^a   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 33845606242     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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