Collegian
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 113-118 , September 2010

Empowerment and enterprise: The political economy of nursing

  • Anne McMurray, AM, RN, PhD, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch University, Locked Mail Bag Service 50, Mandurah, WA 6210, Australia
    • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 9726, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +61 0409 587 850.

Received 14 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 December 2009.

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☆ Patricia Chomley Oration, September 3, 2009, Melbourne, Australia. National Conference, Royal College of Nursing Australia.

PII: S1322-7696(09)00117-6

doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2009.12.001

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