General practitioners' perceptions of the nurse practitioner role: An exploratory study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1170, 2003, Pages

  Mackay, Bev ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Northland Polytechnic   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; LABORATORY TEST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 0037436672     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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