Going to extremes: Action research, grounded practice and the theory-practice gap in nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1315-1320

  Rolfe, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0030345837     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01040.x     Document Type: Article

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