Practice nurses' role and knowledge about diabetes management within rural and remote Australian general practices

European Diabetes Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Livingston, R ^a   Dunning, T ^b  

^a Monash University and Bendigo Health Care Group   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Knowledge; Practice nurses; Role; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958528032     PISSN: 15517853     EISSN: 15517861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/edn.158     Document Type: Article

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