The guideline contradiction: Health visitors' use of formal guidelines for identifying and assessing families in need

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 785-797

  Appleton, Jane V ^a,b   Cowley, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Health visiting; Needs assessment; Professional judgement; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; FAMILY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

EID: 3543087461     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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