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Original Article
The Public Health Nurse in Physical and Preventive Medicine
Abstract
The author describes a well-functioning visiting nurse program as sponsored by a community and a health department, under the direction of the local physicians. This type of agency is being adopted more and more by communities, and may be predicted to become a necessity because of rising hospital costs, an increasing number of aged and chronically incapacitated persons along with a shortage of physicians.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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