Are all doctorates equal or are some "more equal than others"? An examination of which ones should be offered by schools of nursing

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Kirkman, Sandy ^a   Thompson, David R ^b   Watson, Roger ^c   Stewart, Simon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctorates; Nursing; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847079199     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2006.06.006     Document Type: Note

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