Roles of nonphysician clinicians as autonomous providers of patient care

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 795-802

  Cooper, Richard A ^a   Henderson, Tim ^b   Dietrich, Craig L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUTOTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032475476     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.9.795     Document Type: Article

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