Family physicians’ interest and involvement in interdisciplinary collaborative practice in Alberta, Canada

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-231

  Wilson, Douglas R ^a   Moores, David G ^a   Woodhead Lyons, Sandra C ^b   Cave, Andrew J ^a   Donoff, Michel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Woodhead Lyons Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; interdisciplinary teams; physicians; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849087673     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423605pc243oa     Document Type: Article

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