Attracting and retaining learning disability student nurses

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 261-268

  Owen, Sara ^a   Standen, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Learning disability; Recruitment; Retention; Student nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948982585     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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