Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 533-538 , August 2010

Case seminars open doors to deeper understanding – Nursing students’ experiences of learning

,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.11.001

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 533-538 , August 2010