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Stories from Frequent Attenders: A Qualitative Study in Primary Care

Paula Hodgson, Patricia Smith, Trish Brown and Christopher Dowrick
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2005, 3 (4) 318-323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.311
Paula Hodgson
PhD, Bsc (Hons)
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Patricia Smith
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Trish Brown
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vol. 3 no. 4 318-323
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.311
PubMed 
16046564

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 26, 2005
  • Revision received February 2, 2005
  • Accepted for publication February 7, 2005
  • Published online July 26, 2005.

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  1. Paula Hodgson, PhD, Bsc (Hons)1,
  2. Patricia Smith, MSc, MRCGP2,
  3. Trish Brown, LMSSA, MBBS3 and
  4. Christopher Dowrick, MD, FRCGP1
  1. 1University Liverpool, Merseyside UK
  2. 2The Elms Medical Centre, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Paula Hodgson, PhD, BSc, Division of Primary Care, University Liverpool, Whelan Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK L69 3GB, phodgson{at}liv.ac.uk

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