Introducing nurse prescribing in a memory clinic: Service user and family carer experiences

Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-160

  Page, Debra ^a   Grant, Gordon ^b,c   Maybury, Cathy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHERHAM DONCASTER AND SOUTH HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory loss; Nursing interventions; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549159431     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207084393     Document Type: Article

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