Abstract:
:Dr. Pham, a practicing general internist and health policy researcher, recalls her experience, as a granddaughter, of how patients, families, and physicians are often complicit in foiling the good coordination of care.
journal_name
J Hosp Medjournal_title
Journal of hospital medicineauthors
Pham HHdoi
10.1002/jhm.410subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-04-01 00:00:00pages
259-60issue
4eissn
1553-5592issn
1553-5606journal_volume
4pub_type
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