General practice is making a leap in the dark

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 355, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Marshall, Martin ^a   Gray, Denis Pereira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84994048910     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5698     Document Type: Editorial

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