Paradoxical pursuits in child health nursing practice: Discourses of scientific mothercraft

Critical Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-293

  Wilson, Helen Vivien ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 85047688963     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958159032000114471     Document Type: Article

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