Workloads of Parkinson's specialist nurses: Implications for implementing national service guidelines in England

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3575-3580

  Axelrod, Lesley ^a   Gage, Heather ^a   Kaye, Julie ^b   Bryan, Karen ^a   Trend, Patrick ^c   Wade, Derick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Surrey Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78649621519     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03279.x     Document Type: Article

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