Complexity and Nursing Science

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 91-93

  Ray, Marilyn A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; SCIENCE;

EID: 0032153158     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089431849801100302     Document Type: Article

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