Specialist nurses for older people: Implications from UK development sites

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-376

  Reed, Jan ^a   Inglis, Pam ^a   Cook, Glenda ^a   Clarke, Charlotte ^a   Cook, Margaret ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical research report; Gerontology; Interviews; Older people; Soft systems; Specialist nurses for older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS;

EID: 34247560678     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04241.x     Document Type: Article

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