A primary health care team's views of the nurse practitioner role in primary care

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-27

  Marsden, Janet ^a   Street, Clare ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

general practice; nurse practitioner; Primary Health Care Team

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744407828     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423604pc181oa     Document Type: Article

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