Disciplinary epistemologies, generic attributes and undergraduate academic writing in nursing and midwifery

Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-419

  Gimenez, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criticality; Disciplinary academic writing; Epistemologies; Evidence; Impersonality; Midwifery; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858157823     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9447-6     Document Type: Article

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