Consumer satisfaction among patients and their general practitioners about involving nurse specialists in primary care for patients with urinary incontinence

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-259

  Albers Heitner, Pytha ^a   Winkens, Ron ^a,b   Berghmans, Bary ^b   Joore, Manuela ^b   Nieman, Fred ^b   Severens, Johan ^c   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; Primary care; Role revision; Specialised nurses; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84877795368     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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