Nurse practitioners and medical practice: Opposing forces or complementary contributions?

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Elsom, Stephen ^a   Happell, Brenda ^b   Manias, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Nurse practitioners; Nurse prescribing; Professional education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 58149347609     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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