Community as Partner: Theory and Practice in NursingThis volume examines the role of the contemporary public health nurse as a hands-on caregiver and as a community detective/epidemiologist. The book continues the global focus of the previous editions, and includes concepts and goals addressed by the World Health Organization (WHO). New to this edition are: a strategies section that covers the major groups with which community health nurses work; an expanded explanation of the differentiation between primary health care and primary care; and a health policy chapter in the Foundations section. |
Contents
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 1 |
CHAPTER | 3 |
Primary Health Care | 11 |
Copyright | |
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