The Australian diabetes educators' skills and readiness for the tsunami of diabetes in the 21st century

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Hill, Pauline ^a   Clark, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Education; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849087695     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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