The acceptability of credentials earned online for obtaining employment in the health care professions

Communication Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-307

  Adams, Jonathan ^a   Defleur, Margaret H ^b   Heald, Gary R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Distance Education; Health Care Professions; Online Degrees

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547379415     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520701344959     Document Type: Article

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