A Critique of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: Challenging the Assumptions

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Wall, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critique; Evidence based practice; Feminist; Nursing; Post structuralist

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049085367     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700113     Document Type: Article

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