Weighing up the evidence: The contribution of critical literature reviews to the development of practice

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 306-313

  Sleep, Jennifer ^a   Clark, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical reviews; Health care; Literature reviews; Midwifery; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347656151     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136140969900400411     Document Type: Article

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