Role Ambiguity in Rehabilitation Settings: A Professional Concern for Nursing

Collegian

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Pryor, Julie ^a  

^a ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

enrolled nurse; registered nurse; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; REGISTERED NURSE; REHABILITATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 74849123153     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60570-3     Document Type: Article

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