Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 70-77 , March 2008

Level of autonomy of Turkish students in the final year of university baccalaureate degree in health related fields

  • Serife Karagozoglu, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Serife Karagozoglu, Cumhuriyet University School of Nursing, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, 58140 Sivas, Turkey.

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.11.002

Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 70-77 , March 2008

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