The emergence of primary care in Latin America: Reflections from the field

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-186

  Ventres, William B ^a,b  

^a Edificio La Rotonda   (El Salvador)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community medicine; Delivery of health care; Family medicine; Primary health care; World health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FAMILY SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; LATIN AMERICA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875822382     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120138     Document Type: Article

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