The future for personal doctoring
British Journal of General PracticePublished 27 March 2009Open access
Jeannie Haggerty
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Two papers by Salisbury et al and Ridd et al add to the large body of primary care research seeking to improve the definition and measurement of the continuing patient–doctor relationship, using the label ‘longitudinal continuity’ to describe the primary care model of continuity of care.
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