Rugged Individualism and Compassion: The Foundation of Public Policy

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-33

  Plotnick, Julia ^a,b   Presler, Betty ^a,c,d,e  

^a US Public Health Service ^*

^b Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e Shriner's Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029683698     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199601000-00013     Document Type: Article

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