Using a motivational paradigm to improve handwashing compliance

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-162

  Cole, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handwashing; Learning theories; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645793546     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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