Sharing or shuffling - Realities of chronic disease care in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-

  Kirby, Sue E ^a   Chong, Joyce L ^a   Frances, Maureen ^b   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a   Perkins, David A ^c   Zwar, Nicholas A ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b South Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 49749127635     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01920.x     Document Type: Letter

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