Educated caring: The emergence of professional identity among nurses

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-274

  Apesoa Varano, Ester Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Education; Gender; Nurses; Professionalism; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548228596     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-007-9069-6     Document Type: Article

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