Influence of a nurse practitioner on non-attendance rate for barium enema

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 448-449

  Scott, Michael ^a   Allen, Sian ^a   Bamford, Alasdair ^a   Walshe, Maria ^a   Clark, Celia Ingham ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 0036737754     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.95.9.448     Document Type: Article

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