Impact of a nurse-led telephone clinic on quality of IBD care

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-39

  Gethins, Sharon ^a   Robinson, Richard ^a   de Caestecker, John ^a   Stewart, James ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Telephone clinic; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847378560     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2007.5.1.29429     Document Type: Review

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