Physician centric healthcare: is it time for a paradigm shift?

Kishor M Wasan^{1

2}, Lois Berry^{2

3}, Jawahar Kalra⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1 College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.
² 2 Office of the Vice Provost Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.
³ 3 College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.
⁴ 4 College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.

Kishor M Wasan et al. J R Soc Med. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;110(7):295-296.

doi: 10.1177/0141076817707337. Epub 2017 May 2.

Kishor M Wasan^{1

2}, Lois Berry^{2

3}, Jawahar Kalra⁴

¹ 1 College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.
² 2 Office of the Vice Provost Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.
³ 3 College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.
⁴ 4 College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A2, Canada.

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