Questionnaire survey of working relationships between nurses and doctors in University Teaching Hospitals in Southern Nigeria

BMC Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ogbimi, Roseline I ^a   Adebamowo, Clement A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NIGERIA; NURSE PRACTITIONER; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 33744497051     PISSN: 14726955     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-5-2     Document Type: Article

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