Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 412-419 , November 2008

Holistic practice – A concept analysis

  • Liz McEvoy

      Affiliations

    • AMNCH, Tallaght, Ireland
    • ,
  • Anita Duffy

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 4028643.

,Accepted 10 February 2008.

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Nurse Education in Practice
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