Is academic nursing being sabotaged by its own killer elite?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Thompson, David R ^a   Darbyshire, Philip ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AUSTRALIA; GREAT BRITAIN; NURSING;

EID: 84871265093     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06108.x     Document Type: Editorial

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