Union strategies for improving patient care: The key to nurse unionism

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-70

  Clark, Paul F ^b   Clark, Darlene A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 61049407804     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X0603100104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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