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Continuity and Trust in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study Informed by Game Theory

Carolyn Tarrant, Mary Dixon-Woods, Andrew M. Colman and Tim Stokes
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2010, 8 (5) 440-446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1160
Carolyn Tarrant
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vol. 8 no. 5 440-446
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1160
PubMed 
20843886

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 30, 2009
  • Revision received March 2, 2010
  • Accepted for publication March 15, 2010
  • Published online September 15, 2010.

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  1. Carolyn Tarrant, PhD1,
  2. Mary Dixon-Woods, MSc, DipStat DPhil1,
  3. Andrew M. Colman, PhD, FBPsS1 and
  4. Tim Stokes, PhD, FRCGP2
  1. 1Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
  2. 2National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Mary Dixon-Woods, PhD, Department of Health Sciences, 2nd Floor, Adrian Bldg, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, England, UK, md11{at}le.ac.uk
  1. Portions of this report were previously presented at the Society for Academic Primary Care, Personal Care Special Interest Group, July 17, 2007, London, England.

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