The contribution of family doctors to primary care research: A global perspective from the International Federation of Primary Care Research Networks (IFPCRN)

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-316

  Beasley, John W ^a   Dovey, Susan ^b   Geffen, Leon N ^c   Gomez Clavelina, Francisco J ^d   Cynthia Haq, L ^a   Nem, Victor ^e   Lam Cindy, L K ^f   Nugmanova, Azhar ^g   Pavlic, Danica R ^h   Qidwai, Waris ⁱ   Weel, Chris Van ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Chairperson of the Southern African Sentinel Practitioners Research Network (SASPREN)   (United States)

^d Autonomous University of Mexico and the Academy of Professors of Family Medicine of Mexico   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g Almaty Postgraduate Institute for Physicians   (Kazakhstan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

family practice; general practice; international; primary care; research; research networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448979403     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423604pc221oa     Document Type: Article

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