Nurse prescribing: The elephant in the room?

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-107

  Strickland Hodge, Barry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Access to medicines; Non medical prescribing; Nurse prescribing; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOLISTIC CARE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING ROLE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 42649118820     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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