Phenomenography: An alternative approach to researching the clinical decision-making of nurses

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Baker, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Expertise; Phenomenography; Thinking

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 0031090130     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.1997.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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