Perspectives of family medicine in Central and Eastern Europe

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Seifert, Bohumil ^a   Švab, Igor ^b   Madis, Tiik ^c   Kersnik, Janko ^b   Windak, Adam ^d   Steflova, Alena ^e   Byma, Svatopluk ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Department of Family Medicine   (Estonia)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e WHO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Family medicine; International comparisons; Postgraduate education; Practice management; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 44449107033     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn009     Document Type: Article

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