Multidisciplinary teams caring for clients with chronic conditions: Experiences of community nurses and allied health professionals

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 61-70

  Cioffi, Jane ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a   Cummings, Joanne ^a   Warne, Bronwyn ^b   Harrison, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Chronic care; Community nurse; Experiences; Focus groups; Multidisciplinary team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953008233     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2010.36.1-2.061     Document Type: Article

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