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Abstract

The current focus on increasing access makes it more difficult for patients to see the same doctor. But <b>Bruce Guthrie and colleagues</b> argue that relationships between doctors and patients are central to good care

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Focus (optics)Continuity of careNursingSociologyMedicinePsychologyPolitical scienceLawHealth carePhysics

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Publication Info

Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 337
Issue: aug07 1
Pages: a867-a867
Citations: 260
Access: Closed

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                                    Bruce Guthrie, 
                                
                                    John Saultz, 
                                
                                    George Freeman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Continuity of care matters. 
                            BMJ
                            , 337
                            (aug07 1)
                            , a867-a867.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a867
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a867