Managing patients with multimorbidity in primary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wallace, Emma ^a   Salisbury, Chris ^b   Guthrie, Bruce ^c   Lewis, Cliona ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a   Smith, Susan M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84921797678     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h176     Document Type: Review

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