Nurse Education Today
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 136-144 , February 2004

Problem-based learning: ancient Chinese educational philosophy reflected in a modern educational methodology

,Accepted 29 October 2003.

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Nurse Education Today
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 136-144 , February 2004

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