Community matrons: Primary care professionals' views and experiences

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1617-1625

  Chapman, Linda ^a   Smith, Anne ^a   Williams, Veronika ^a   Oliver, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case management; Community matrons; Focus groups; Long term conditions; Nursing; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 68149119251     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05002.x     Document Type: Article

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