Involvement of family nurses in home visits during an 8-year period encompassing primary healthcare reforms in Poland

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-334

  Marcinowicz, Ludmiła ^a,b   Chlabicz, Sławomir ^a   Konstantynowicz, Jerzy ^b   Gugnowski, Zbigniew ^c  

^a Department of Family Medicine and Community Nursing ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c Family Practice Centre   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Home visits; Nurses; Outpatients; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; POLAND; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; POLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849121865     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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