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Abstract:
A public health nurse, as a generalist in community health service, can complement the functions of the family physician in providing family-centred health care. The study describes the families referred over an 18-month period and the kinds of services rendered by the public health nurse.Barbara Milne and Jane Buchan are nurses at the St. Joseph's Hospital Family Medical Centre, London, Ont. Dr. Williams teaches in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Sociology at the same university, where he is also a part time teacher in the Department of Family Medicine.
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