International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 127-131 , April 2008

Emergency nursing in South Africa

  • Petra Brysiewicz, PhD (Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 31 2601281; fax: +27 31 2601543.
    • ,
  • Judy Bruce, PhD (Head of Department)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Received 1 October 2007 ,Revised 23 December 2007 ,Accepted 6 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.01.001

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 127-131 , April 2008

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