Home care considerations for chronic and vulnerable populations

Nurse Practitioner Forum: Current Topics and Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-72

  Bakewell Sachs, Susan ^a,b   Carlino, Heather ^c   Ash, Louise ^c   Thurber, Frances ^d   Guyer, Kim ^f   Deatrick, Janet A ^c   Brooten, Dorothy ^e  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 0034157869     PISSN: 10455485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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