Caring for underserved patients through neighborhood health screening: Outcomes of a longitudinal, interprofessional, student-run home visit program in Singapore

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 829-839

  Liang En, Wee ^a   Koh, Gerald Choon Huat ^a   Lim, Vivien Kim Geok ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 79960365662     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31821d841d     Document Type: Article

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