Farewell to the handmaiden? Profile of nurses in Australian general practice in 2007

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-58

  Joyce, Catherine M ^a   Piterman, Leon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Practice nursing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349920816     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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