Continuity of care in the transition from emergency department to general practitioner is it adequate?

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-249

  Taylor, David McD ^a,c   Cameron, Peter A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^d Emergency Medicine

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Emergency department; General practitioner; Letters

Indexed keywords

EID: 6244221751     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.1999.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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