Editorial: Nursing education in the United Kingdom - clocks forward or clocks backward?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 2095-2097

  Shields, Linda ^a   Watson, Roger ^b   Thompson, David R ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79960359333     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03341.x     Document Type: Editorial

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