Assessment of rigour in published nursing intervention studies that use observational methods

Qualitative Report

Volumn 18, Issue 34, 2013, Pages

  Coker, Esther ^a   Ploeg, Jenny ^a   Kaasalainen, Sharon ^a   Fisher, Anita ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nurses; Observational Methods; Participant Observation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883830201     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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