Nurse Education Today
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 91-97 , February 2004

Issues in the socialisation process of the male student nurse: implications for retention in undergraduate nursing courses

  • Amanda Stott

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,Accepted 24 September 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2003.09.005

Nurse Education Today
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 91-97 , February 2004