Caring for people's health around the world: A family physician for every community

Family Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 616-617

  Van Weel, Chris ^a,b   Sparks, Bruce ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca)   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35449000392     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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