Attendance at outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: Is it enhanced by specialist nurse referral?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 31-37

  Johnson, Natalie A ^a   Inder, Kerry J ^a   Nagle, Amanda L ^b   Wiggers, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Heartmoves Program Manager   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Nurses; Outpatients; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955127418     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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