Nursing in the health care system of the postmodern world: Crossroads, paradoxes and complexity

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 164-171

  Spitzer, Ada ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complexity; Crossroads; Paradigm; Paradoxes; Postmodern nursing; Postmodernism; Transforming health care system

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NURSING; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; ISRAEL; NURSING;

EID: 0032111410     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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