Is nursing viable as an academic discipline?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 694-697

  Thompson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academe; Nursing; Universities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURKEY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 69249220228     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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