Training nurse practitioners for general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 444, 1999, Pages 531-535

  Bond, Senga ^a,e   Beck, S ^b   Derrick, S ^b   Sargeant, J ^c   Cunningham, W F ^c   Healy, B ^d   Rawes, G ^d   Practice, Rawes ^d   Holdsworth, S ^f   Lawson, J ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lintonville Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

^c Corbridge Health Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Blyth Health Centre   (Canada)

^e Centre for Health Services Research   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Consultation skills; Education; General practice; Nurse practitioner; Patient opinion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0032780051     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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