Family medicine's role in health care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Uganda as an example

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 623-626

  Ssenyonga, Richard ^a,c   Seremba, Emmanuel ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL CARE; UGANDA;

EID: 35448932688     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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