The communication of a secondary care diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis to primary care practitioners: A population-based study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Varyani, Fumi ^a   Card, Timothy ^a,b   Kaye, Philip ^a   Aithal, Guru P ^a   West, Joe ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876808299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-161     Document Type: Article

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