Mature women's experiences of higher education: lessons for nursing

Collegian

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 8-13

  Kevern, Jennifer ^a   Webb, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mature students; pre registration; under graduate; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646408543     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60070-0     Document Type: Article

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