title: The development of the role of the clinical nurse specialist in the UK.
abstract: The modern development of specialist nurses started in the early 1970s. This article provides a brief history of their evolution and in particular outlines some of the key factors in their emergence as a key care provider in health care today. There is a constant threat that their clinical nursing background and key nursing skills will be sacrificed or substituted by a more medical-oriented approach. The future, therefore, is one of striking the right balance between nursing and medicine sub-specialism and holistic patient care.
authors: University of Central England, Birmingham, UK.
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Castledine
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom