Nurse practitioners' experiences of working collaboratively with general practitioners and allied health professionals in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 22-27

  Wilson, Kieren ^a   Coulon, Lyn ^a   Hillege, Sharon ^a   Swann, Wendy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Western Operations   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Collaboration; Nurses; Partnership; Remote; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33645454073     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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