Chronicity and complexity: Is what's good for the diseases always good for the patients?;Chronicité et complexité: Ce qui est bon pour la maladie est-il toujours bon pour les patients?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1655-1658

  Upshur, Ross E G ^a,b,c   Tracy, Shawn ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Department of Family and Community Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 58049215248     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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