Views and experiences of nurse practitioners and medical practitioners with collaborative practice in primary health care - An integrative review

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schadewaldt, Verena ^a   McInnes, Elizabeth ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^a   Gardner, Anne ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Collaboration; Cooperative behaviour; Interprofessional relations; Nurse practitioners; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84883444970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-132     Document Type: Review

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