Perspectives on key principles of generalist medical practice in public service in sub-saharan africa: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Reid, Stephen J ^a   Mash, Robert ^b   Downing, Raymond V ^c   Moosa, Shabir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d Johannesburg Metro Health Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79959800220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-67     Document Type: Article

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