General Practice in Inner-City Areas
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The challenge of an inner city practice.
The term "inner city" has come to be synonymous with severe social deprivation with characteristics such as a high density of population, a high concentration of unskilled workers, high levels of unemployment and poor housing. These factors are all present to a greater or lesser extent in our area. Many inner cities also have problems due to a high percentage of people from ethnic minorities. I...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107687907200420