The relevance of teaching about the "nature of science" to students of the health sciences

Research and the Quality of Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 269-282

  Pettersen, Sverre ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

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EID: 33846476466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3673-6_22     Document Type: Chapter

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