Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 320-327 , November 2006

Perceptions of nursing practice in Iran

  • Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, BSN, MSN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Alireza Nikbakht Nasrabadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tohid Sq., Tehran, Iran.
    • ,
  • Azita Emami, RNT, PhD

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Nursing Outlook
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 320-327 , November 2006

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