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Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , 2007

Working With a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Group of Nurses

  • Yun-Hee Jeon, RN, BHSc(Nursing), MN PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr Yun-Hee Jeon
    • ,
  • Lynn Chenoweth, RN, Dip Leis/Rec, BA, MA(Hons), MAdEd PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Technology Sydney and Health & Ageing Research Unit, South Eastern Sydney/Illawarra Area Health Service

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