Editorial: Cross my heart and hope to die: The use of pledges in health care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2981-2983

  Herber, Oliver R ^a,b   Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NURSING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; NURSING;

EID: 80053894725     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03399.x     Document Type: Editorial

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