Internal practice barriers for non-physician practitioners in the veterans healthcare system

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 183-187

  Kizer, Kenneth W ^a,d   Norby, Ronald B ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 Care Coordination Office   (United States)

^c VHA Nonphysician Clinician Barriers to Practice Work Group

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CERTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0032150391     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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