Enhancing care, improving quality: The six roles of the general practice nurse

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-97

  Phillips, Christine B ^a   Pearce, Christopher ^b,c   Hall, Sally ^a   Kljakovic, Marjan ^a   Sibbald, Bonnie ^d   Dwan, Kathryn ^a   Porritt, Julie ^e   Yates, Rachel ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Melbourne East General Practice Network   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Australian General Practice Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; ECONOMICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 70349318153     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02701.x     Document Type: Article

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