Health care reform: Can we maintain personal continuity?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 455-456

  Bonney, Andrew ^a   Farmer, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 77957252391     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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