Do interpretative comments influence patient management and do our users approve of the laboratory 'adding on' requests? A follow-up General Practitioner and Nurse Practitioner survey

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-86

  Barlow, Ian M ^a  

^a SCUNTHORPE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 58149508037     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008174     Document Type: Letter

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