Referral from primary to secondary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7784, 2010, Pages 1172-

  Jiwa, Moyez ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY MEDICAL CARE;

GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 78649864948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6175     Document Type: Editorial

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