It takes more than clinical effectiveness to change nursing practice: An unsuccessful project in the nurse promotion of urinary continence

Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-87

  Abbott, Stephen ^a   Hotchkiss, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wirral Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical effectiveness; Continence promotion; Primary care; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035373836     PISSN: 13619004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cein.2001.0186     Document Type: Article

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