Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 607-611 , August 2009

Developing professional identity in nursing academics: The role of communities of practice

,Accepted 24 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.01.012

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 607-611 , August 2009

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