Continuity: A Central Principle of Primary Care
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Measurement of Continuity in Primary Care
Continuity of care, a stated fundamental principle of family medicine, is reviewed in terms of its philosophy and definitions. A model of continuity in primary medical practice is proposed, consisting of five elements: the provider, consumer, encounter type, knowledge base, and environment of Philosophical Concepts The growth of the middle class in the eighteenth century permitted physicians to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Graduate Medical Education
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1949-8349,1949-8357
DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-16-00390.1