Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 145.e1-145.e9 , July 2008

Building social capital in healthcare organizations: Thinking ecologically for safer care

  • Anne Hofmeyer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Anne Hofmeyer, PhD, University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing, 3rd Floor Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2G3.
    • ,
  • Patricia B. Marck, PhD

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.01.001

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