Can generalism help revive the primary healthcare vision?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 395-400

  Reeve, Joanne ^a   Irving, Greg ^a   Dowrick, Chris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERALISM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 81355122728     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110097     Document Type: Article

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