Workplace stress and ethical challenges experienced by nursing staff in a nursing home

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-341

  VonDras, Dean D ^a   Flittner, Diane ^a   Malcore, Sylvia A ^a   Pouliot, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

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EID: 61349141179     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270802605382     Document Type: Article

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