Health department nurse practitioners as comprehensive primary care providers

Family and Community Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Hughes, W Jay ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive primary care; Health department clinics; Nurse practitioner; Primary care; Public health; Rural health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042994203     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200004000-00007     Document Type: Article

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