General practitioner and specialist care: The perceptions of people with rheumatoid arthritis

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Memel, David S ^a   Somerset, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

general practitioner primary care; patient user perceptions views; quality of care; rheumatoid arthritis; specialist secondary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956081617     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423603pc120oa     Document Type: Article

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