Nursing around the world: Japan - Preparing for the century of the elderly

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 18-41

  Primomo, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Japan; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing research

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIETY;

EID: 0039648717     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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