Managing chronic kidney disease in primary care: A quality improvement study

Renal Society of Australasia Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 152-157

  Thomas, Nicola ^a,c   Loud, Fiona ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Patient and Service User Advisory Group   (United Kingdom)

^c 10 The Horseshoe ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Primary care; Quality improvement; User involvement.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873153360     PISSN: 18323804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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