The evolution of social work education in England: A critical review of its connections and commonalities with nurse education

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 369-376

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Hussein, Shereen ^a   Moriarty, Jo ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurse education; Practice placements; Service user involvement; Social work education; Teaching research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CREDENTIALING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 21044442115     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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