What is the nephrologist's role as a primary care provider? We all have different answers

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 601-603

  Berns, Jeffrey S ^a   Szczech, Lynda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34748887665     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01360307     Document Type: Article

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