Community nursing needs more silver surfers: A questionnaire survey of primary care nurses' use of information technology

BMC Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Chan, Tom ^a   Brew, Sarah ^b   De Lusignan, Simon ^c  

^a Surrey Hampshire Borders Comm T   (United Kingdom)

^b Kent Surrey Sussex Prim Care R   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 8844277668     PISSN: 14726955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-3-4     Document Type: Review

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