Influencing health care in the legislative arena

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Abood, Sheila ^a  

^a American Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Legislative arena; Legislative process; Nurse advocacy; Policy advocates; Policy process; Politics; Power bases; Power of numbers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847636385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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