Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 568-572 , August 2010

Raised emotions: A critique of the Peshkin Approach to Reflection

  • Caroline Bradbury-Jones

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    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, 11 Airlie Place, Dundee DD1 4HJ, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01382 384919; fax: +44 01382 388533.
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  • Denise Coleman

      Affiliations

    • School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Wales LL13 7YP, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 01978 316316; fax: +44 01978 311154.
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  • Helen Davies

      Affiliations

    • School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Wales LL13 7YP, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 01978 316316; fax: +44 01978 311154.
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  • Kate Ellison

      Affiliations

    • School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Wales LL13 7YP, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 01978 316316; fax: +44 01978 311154.
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  • Colette Leigh

      Affiliations

    • School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Wales LL13 7YP, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 01978 316316; fax: +44 01978 311154.

,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.002

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 568-572 , August 2010