Antidepressant prescribing practices of nurse practitioners

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 42-47

  Shell, Renee C ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0035408729     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20016205-200107000-00003     Document Type: Article

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