The prevalence of resilience in a group of professional nurses

Health SA Gesondheid

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Koen, Magdalena P ^a   van Eeden, Chrizanne ^a   Wissing, Marié P ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84858768942     PISSN: 10259848     EISSN: 20719736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/hsag.v16i1.576     Document Type: Article

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