Issues and challenges in nursing and nursing education in Japan

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Turale, Sue ^a   Ito, Misae ^a   Nakao, Fujiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Japanese nursing; Nursing development; Nursing education

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BUDDHISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NURSES; NURSING; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 37049022640     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2007.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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