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ASSIGNMENT: Situation-Specific Theories

ASSIGNMENT: Situation-Specific Theories

ASSIGNMENT: Situation-Specific Theories

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Nursing Theory of the Future: Situation-Specific Theories

Article (PDF Available)?in?Pflege 24(6):345-7 · December 2011?with?2,311 Reads DOI: 10.1024/1012-5302/a000150 · Source: PubMedCite this publication

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