Nurse practitioners in drug and alcohol: Where are they?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 64-69

  Ling, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug and alcohol; Nurse practitioner; Nurse prescribing; Nurses; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649878869     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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