Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 220-223 , September 2007

The importance of nursing advocacy for the health promotion of female welfare recipients

  • Muriel C. Rice, PhD, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Muriel Curry Rice, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, 877 Madison Avenue, Room 608, Memphis, TN 38163.
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  • Mona Newsome Wicks, PhD, RN

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2006.10.003

Nursing Outlook
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 220-223 , September 2007

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