Professional and organizational obstacles to establishing a new specialist service in primary care: Case study of an epilepsy specialist nurse

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-51

  Mills, Nicola ^a   Campbell, Rona ^a   Bachmann, Max O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Case study design; Epilepsy; Health professional's perspective; Health services research; Primary care; Qualitative research methods; Specialist nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036357843     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02062.x     Document Type: Article

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