Psychiatric nurse practitioners in long-term care: Role, function, and relationship to social work practice

Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-67

  Wold, Kathleen ^a   Wold, Michael ^a  

^a United Health Services Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatrics; Long term care; Nurse practitioner; Nursing; Psychiatric; Social worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642585942     PISSN: 15332624     EISSN: 15332632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J181v01n01_11     Document Type: Article

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