Negotiating competency, professionalism and risk: the integration of complementary and alternative medicine by nurses and midwives in NHS hospitals

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Cant, S., Watts, P. and Ruston, A. 2011. Negotiating competency, professionalism and risk: the integration of complementary and alternative medicine by nurses and midwives in NHS hospitals. Social Science and Medicine. 72 (4), pp. 529-536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.034
AuthorsCant, S., Watts, P. and Ruston, A.
Year2011
JournalSocial Science and Medicine
Journal citation72 (4), pp. 529-536
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