Differentiated practice and specialization in community nursing: A descriptive study in the Netherlands

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Jansen, Patrick G M ^a,c   Kerkstra, Ada ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^b   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Differentiated practice; District nursing; Nursing roles; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031481537     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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