Do nurse practitioners pose a threat to family physicians?;Infirmières praticiennes: Menace à notre profession?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Laguë, Guylaine ^a,b   Bourgeois Law, Gisèle ^c  

^a Collège Québécois des Médecins de Famille ^*

^b Centre Medical AJC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; THREAT;

CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 58049191224     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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