Writing a case study: Ensuring a meaningful contribution to the literature

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 132-136

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a,b   Marshall, Andrea P ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case reports; Case study; Writing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; WRITING;

HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 35548958683     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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