Generic and specialist nursing roles in the community: An investigation of professional and lay views

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 537-545

  McKenna, Hugh ^a   Keeney, Sinead ^a   Bradley, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Conflict; Nurse specialist; Primary care; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842588300     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Review

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