The epilepsy nurse specialist at a tertiary care hospital - Improving the interface between primary and tertiary care

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 494-499

  Hoskin, Patricia G ^a   Duncan, John S ^a   Sander, Jose Mir W ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy nurse specialist; Refractory epilepsy; Treatment advice

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TELEPHONE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0036903491     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00137-1     Document Type: Article

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