Satisfaction of patients who are treated by a family doctor

Family Medicine and Primary Care Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Łukomska, Agnieszka ^a   Rość, Danuta ^a   Faleńczyk, Kamila ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Family doctor; Patient satisfaction; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 75749088017     PISSN: 17343402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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