Nurse practitioner role implementation in ontario public health units

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-313

  De Guzman, Angela ^a   Ciliska, Donna ^b   DiCenso, Alba ^b  

^a TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nurse practitioners; Primary health care; Public health; Role implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149254749     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405292     Document Type: Article

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