Collegian
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 125-130 , September 2010

Facilitating consumer participation: An approach to finding the ‘right’ consumer

  • Brenda Happell, RN, RPN, BA(Hons), Dip Ed., B Ed., M Ed., PhD

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Received 5 July 2009 ,Revised 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.03.001

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