Thermometers & Telephones: A Century of Nursing and Technology

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 82-86

  Sandelowski, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; THERMOMETER; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; THERMOMETERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034296481     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200010000-00061     Document Type: Article

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