Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 840-844 , November 2009

Nursing education and practice in a changing environment: The case of Greece

  • Evridiki Patelarou

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Ag. Sikelianou 10, St. Marina, Postal Code 71414, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Tel.: +30 2810 394758; fax: +30 2810 394606.
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  • Constantine I. Vardavas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
    • ,
  • Penelope Ntzilepi

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    • ,
  • Panagiota Sourtzi

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Athens, Greece

,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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Nurse Education Today
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