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Your local white elephant?

S Burningham
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Salford Community Health Council carried out a survey to discover what consumers think of health centres. Sally Burningham has been reading its report 'Healthy Centres?' which indicates that people feel centres could offer more than they do although some seem not to make full use of what is available.

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S Burningham. 1979-11-02. Your local white elephant?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10244620/

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