Should general practitioners resume 24 hour responsibility for their patients? Yes

BMJ

Volumn 335, Issue 7622, 2007, Pages 696-

  Jones, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TIME FACTORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 35248845100     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39350.506991.AD     Document Type: Article

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