Licensure, use, and training of paramedical personnel to perform screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Cash, B D ^a   Schoenfeld, P S ^a   Ransohoff, D F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERFORMANCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TRAINING;

EID: 0032987198     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(99)70481-5     Document Type: Article

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