Oh look, there is a doctor after all: About the resilience of professional medicine: A Commentary on McKinlay and Marceau's 'When there is no doctor'

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1492-1496

  Timmermans, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Doctor patient relationship; Guidelines; Health care; Primary care; The state; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949118645     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.010     Document Type: Note

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