A typology of knowledge for district nursing assessment practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Kennedy, Catriona M ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; District nursing; Ethnography; Know how; Knowledge in use; Typology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; NURSING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 1342279615     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02923.x     Document Type: Article

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