Do team care arrangements address the real issues in the management of chronic disease?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-100

  Hartigan, Paul A ^a   Soo, Tuck Meng ^a   Kljakovic, Marjan ^b  

^a Interchange General Practice   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; HUMAN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 70349321205     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02702.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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