A quantitative study of the management of acute urinary symptoms by nurse practitioners and general practitioners in a general practice setting

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 194-204

  Price, Anne ^a   Clark, June ^b  

^a The Ashgrove Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nurse practitioners; nurse prescribing; protocols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042394357     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423602pc110oa     Document Type: Article

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