Quality of care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease provided by specialized community nurses: A process evaluation

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 200-207

  Ketelaars, Corry A J ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huyer ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^a   Schlösser, Maryanne A G ^b   Mostert, Rob ^b   Wouters, Emiel F M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Asthma Centre Hornerheide   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community health nurse; District nurse; Home care; Patients with COPD; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Specialized nursing care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030555634     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1996.tb00065.x     Document Type: Article

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