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Analysis of definitions of general practice, family medicine, and primary health care: a terminological analysis

Marc Jamoulle, Melissa Resnick, Robert Vander Stichele, Ashwin Ittoo, Elena Cardillo and Marc Vanmeerbeek
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101049. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101049
Marc Jamoulle
1 GP, Researcher, and PhD applicant, Department of General Practice, University of Liège, , Belgium
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Melissa Resnick
2 Medical Librarian and PhD applicant, Health Science Center, University of Texas at Houston, , US
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Robert Vander Stichele
3 GP and Professor of Pharmacology, Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, University of Ghent, , Belgium
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Ashwin Ittoo
4 Associate Professor in Health Information Systems, HEC Management School, University of Liège, , Belgium
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Elena Cardillo
5 Senior Researcher in Computational Linguistics, Institute of Informatics and Telematics, National Research Council, , Italy
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Marc Vanmeerbeek
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Analysis of definitions of general practice, family medicine, and primary health care: a terminological analysis
Marc Jamoulle, Melissa Resnick, Robert Vander Stichele, Ashwin Ittoo, Elena Cardillo, Marc Vanmeerbeek
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101049. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen17X101049

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Analysis of definitions of general practice, family medicine, and primary health care: a terminological analysis
Marc Jamoulle, Melissa Resnick, Robert Vander Stichele, Ashwin Ittoo, Elena Cardillo, Marc Vanmeerbeek
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (3): bjgpopen17X101049. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen17X101049
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