NHS reform: Untried remedies for misdiagnosed problems?

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9750, 2010, Pages 1373-1375

  Whitehead, Margaret ^a   Hanratty, Barbara ^a   Popay, Jennie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMPOWERMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRUST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 78049268906     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61231-7     Document Type: Note

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