International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 159-166 , February 2005

Communication barriers perceived by older patients and nurses

  • Eun-kyung Park

      Affiliations

    • Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Misoon Song

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, Seoul National University, # 28 Yunkeun-Dong, Chongno-Ku, Seoul 110-799, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel: +82-2-740-8826.

Received 3 February 2004 ,Revised 31 May 2004 ,Accepted 8 June 2004.

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PII: S0020-7489(04)00112-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.06.006

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 159-166 , February 2005

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