Paediatric home care for acute illness: I. GPs' and hospital-at-home staff views

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 361-366

  Davies, Carol ^a   Dale, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Home care; Nurses; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950294104     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860310500023     Document Type: Article

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