Physicians’ capability in home health practice: Home health nurses’ perceptions

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 25-37

  Woodson, Cheryl E ^a,b   Feinglass, Joe ^c   Slavensky, Rael ^c  

^a Ingalls Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family practice; Geriatrics; Guidelines; Home health; Nursing; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHICAGO; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSES; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032603385     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v17n04_03     Document Type: Article

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