Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 544-547 , August 2010

The shifting foundations of nursing

  • Kate Law

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Head of School – Pre-Registration Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Westlain House, Village Way, Falmer BN1 9PH, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01273 644017; fax: +44 01273 644010.
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  • Kay Aranda

      Affiliations

    • Principal Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Westlain House, Village Way, Falmer BN1 9PH, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 01273 644017; fax: +44 01273 644010.

,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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Nurse Education Today
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