Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 527-532 , July 2009

Students’ expectations, concerns and comprehensions when writing theses as part of their nursing education

,Accepted 9 November 2008.

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Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 527-532 , July 2009

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