title: Primary care. Defining role.
abstract: There is no nationally agreed definition of nurse practitioners or of the training required. The extent of the need for nurses to take on doctors' work needs to be established. A clear training framework is required.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ashburner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Latimer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scrivens
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce