Continuity of care: Literature review and implications

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Alazri, Mohammed ^a   Heywood, Philip ^b   Neal, Richard D ^c   Leese, Brenda ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; General Practitioner; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882807832     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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