People with intellectual disability: Barriers to the provision of good primary care

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 657-658

  Millar, Lisa ^a   Chorlton, Mark C ^a   Lennox, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 4844221731     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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