Clinically speaking: A communication skills program for students from non-English speaking backgrounds

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 268-274

  Miguel, Caroline San ^a   Rogan, Fran ^a   Kilstoff, Kathleen ^a   Brown, Di ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; English as a second language; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746885188     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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