Transcendent Pluralism and the Influence of Nursing Testimony on Environmental Justice Legislation

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-71

  Perry, Donna ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental justice; health disparities; lobbying; Lonergan; policy; self transcendence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644836447     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154404272748     Document Type: Article

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