Where have all the nurses gone?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Shields, Linda ^a,b   Watson, Roger ^c,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

NHS; Policy; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849085355     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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