"The blindness of those who will not see: On the replacement of primary care doctors in the 21st century. A response to Timmermans"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1497-1501

  Marceau, Lisa ^a   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; REPLACEMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 52949105742     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.014     Document Type: Note

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