Parents' attitudes to neonatal research involving venepuncture

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-155

  Berrington, Janet E ^a   Snowdon, Claire ^b   Fenton, Alan C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's nursing; Nurse education; Nursing students; Role model; Skills; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992803508     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2010.010023     Document Type: Article

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