title: [The outpatient clinic's role : port of entrance and dispatching centre ?].
abstract: This article presents an overview of the plan of transformation of services adopted in 1998 at Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital. The authors present the history, principles and models, the role played by outpatients clinics as well as the challenges related to the implementation of this new plan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luyet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giroux
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clerc