Ethnic minorities and their perceptions of the quality of primary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7722, 2009, Pages 641-

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASTHMA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIETY; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 70349249385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3797     Document Type: Editorial

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