International health and Canadian family practice: Relevant to me, is it?;Santé internationale et pratique familiale canadienne: En quoi est-ce que cela me concerne?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Redwood Campbell, Lynda ^a,b   Ouellette, Véronic ^a,c   Rouleau, Katherine ^a,d   Pottie, Kevin ^a,e   Lemire, Francine ^a,f  

^a College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f CFPC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34247505136     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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