Evaluation: Drawing comparisons or achieving consensus?

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 464-474

  Redfern, Sally ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Consensus; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000517334     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136140969800300613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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