Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 1 , Pages 35-41 , January 2009

Registered nurses' perceptions of cultural and linguistic hospital resources

  • Marilyn V. Whitman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Marilyn V. Whitman, University of Alabama, Management and Marketing, Box 870225, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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  • Jullet A. Davis, PhD

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.07.001

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