Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 192-196 , February 2010

Nursing students as research participants: A framework for ethical practice

,Accepted 24 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.07.013

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 192-196 , February 2010