General-practice-based nurse specialists - Taking a lead in improving the care of people with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-35

  MacDonald, Diane ^a   Torrance, Nicola ^b   Wood, Stuart ^c   Womersley, John ^d  

^a Epilepsy Association of Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Nurse specialists; Practice nurses; Primary care; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; DROWSINESS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TREMOR;

EID: 0033962663     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0356     Document Type: Article

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