Medical tourism: What Canadian family physicians need to know;Tourisme médical: Ce que les médecins de famille Canadiens doivent savoir

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Snyder, Jeremy ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FAMILY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TOURISM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY;

CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 79956224200     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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