Time to care: tackling health inequalities through primary care.

نویسندگان

  • Michael Norbury
  • Stewart W Mercer
  • John Gillies
  • John Furler
  • Graham C M Watt
چکیده

Quality, Safety and Informatics Research Group, Clinical and Population Sciences and Education Division, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Dundee DD2 4BF, UK, Academic Unit of General Practice & Primary Care, University of Glasgow, 1 Horselethill Road, Glasgow G12 9LX, UK, RCGP Scotland, 25 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JX, UK and Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia. *Correspondence to Stewart Mercer, Professor of Primary Care Research, Academic Unit of General Practice & Primary Care, University of Glasgow, 1 Horselethill Road, Glasgow G12 9LX, UK; E-mail: [email protected]

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Family practice

دوره 28 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011