Questioning family-centred care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2629-2638

  Shields, Linda ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Evidence based practice; Family centred care; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC NURSING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY NURSING; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77955937861     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03214.x     Document Type: Article

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