Legislative hegemony and nurse practitioner practice in rural and remote Australia

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-280

  Harvey, Clare ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Health care; Health reform; Legislation; Nurse practitioner; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053912439     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2011.20.3.269     Document Type: Article

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