A Case of Multiple Professionalisms: Service Learning and Control of Communication about Organ Donation

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-438

  Barton, Ellen ^a   Evans, Laurie ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Organ donation; Professional communication; Service learning; Student professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242676092     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651903255303     Document Type: Article

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