Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 221-225 , November 2005

Home health care nursing research priorities

  • Elizabeth A. Madigan, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • International Health Programs
    • Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 44106, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Tel.: +1 216 368 8532; fax: +1 216 368 3542.
    • ,
  • Catherine Vanderboom, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 44106, USA

Received 7 November 2003 ,Revised 23 August 2004 ,Accepted 24 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.09.014

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 221-225 , November 2005

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