Focus groups as a tool for critical social research in nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-333

  Kevern, Jennifer ^a   Webb, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0035345007     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.2001.0563     Document Type: Article

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