Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 291-295 , May 2010

Researching student absence: Methodological challenges and ethical issues

  • Pat Young

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0117 3288815.
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  • Sue Yates

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
    • Tel.: +44 0117 3288461.
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  • Caroline Rickaby

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
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  • Paul Snelling

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Gloucester Centre, Hartpury College, Hartpury GL19 3BE, UK
    • Tel.: +44 01452 702172.
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  • Martin Lipscomb

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Gloucester Centre, Hartpury College, Hartpury GL19 3BE, UK
    • Tel.: +44 01452 702166.
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  • Lesley Lockyer

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK
    • Tel.: +44 0117 3288576.

,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.08.003

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 291-295 , May 2010