Opinion Paper
Conceptualizing Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) – the Tshwane, South Africa, health post model
Submitted: 08 February 2012 | Published: 22 February 2013
About the author(s)
Nomonde Bam, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTessa Marcus, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Jannie Hugo, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Hans-Friedemann Kinkel, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Conceptualizing Community Oriented Primary Care(COPC) – the Tshwane, South Africa, health post model
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