Nursing and the reality of politics

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-272

  Betts, Clinton E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Democratic theory; Nursing knowledge; Philosophy; Politics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DEMOCRACY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POLITICS;

EID: 68949119549     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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