Nurse Education Today
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , January 2008

Problem based learning in midwifery – The students’ perspective

,Accepted 22 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.02.014

Nurse Education Today
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , January 2008

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