Caring as a 'threshold concept': Transforming students in higher education into health (care) professionals

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-517

  Clouder, Lynn ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27944454416     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510500239141     Document Type: Review

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