Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , January 2006

A philosophic analysis of Evidence-Based Nursing: Recurrent themes, metanarratives, and exemplar cases

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 Dr. Whall was supported by the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, Fulbright Commission, United Kingdom, 2001-2002, and Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award, Fulbright Commission, United Kingdom, 2003-2005.

PII: S0029-6554(05)00002-3

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2004.11.004

Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , January 2006