Expanding the role of nurses in primary care in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Alsalloom, Samar ^a   Al Sayyad, Adel ^b  

^a 2 Dept of Public Health   (Ireland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioner and Primary Care in Bahrain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL;

EID: 43649102741     PISSN: 10156321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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