Family physicians' satisfaction with current practice: What is the role of their interactions with specialists?

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Thind, Amardeep ^a,b   Freeman, Tom ^a   Thorpe, Cathy ^a   Burt, Andrea ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650559342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20475     Document Type: Article

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