Choosing an appropriate method of data collection

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 77-94

  Casey, Dympna ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 84919711623     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2006.04.13.3.75.c5980     Document Type: Article

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