A lesson from the UK?

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 5-8

  Davidson, Jennifer ^a,b   Rogers, Tessa ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomous practice; Emergency nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748502109     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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