Nurse practitioner referral patterns in primary care/occupational health care settings

Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Mackey, Thomas A ^a,b   Cole, Frank ^a,b   Veeser, Peggy Ingram ^c  

^a Department of Clinical Nursing ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c University Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Nurse; Nursing; Occupational Health; Patient care; Physician assistants; Practitioner; Primary Care; Referral Patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149151417     PISSN: 15236064     EISSN: 15236064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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