Organization of diabetes primary care: A review of interventions that delegate general practitioner tasks to a nurse

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-203

  Fokkens, Andrea S ^a   Wiegersma, P Auke ^a   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETITIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; MEDLINE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78751678034     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01363.x     Document Type: Letter

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