Rethinking the consultation process: Optimizing collaboration between primary care physicians and specialists;Repenser les demandes de consultation: Optimiser la collaboration entre les médecins de soins primaires et les autres spécialistes

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Frost, David W ^a,b   Toubassi, Diana ^b,c   Detsky, Allan S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84865443153     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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