Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 2 , Pages 84-92 , March 2009

20th-century reports on nursing and nursing education: What difference did they make?

  • Kristine M. Gebbie, DrPH, RN

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Kristine M. Gebbie Hunter College, City University of New York, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, 425 East 25th Street, Rm. 530W, New York, NY 10010

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.01.006

Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 2 , Pages 84-92 , March 2009

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