Specialist community nurses: A critical analysis of their role in the management of long-term conditions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2550-2567

  McHugh, Gretl A ^a   Horne, Maria ^a   Chalmers, Karen I ^a   Luker, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Long term conditions; Public health

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSE'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449366157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6102550     Document Type: Review

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