International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 526-528 , April 2010

Emotional intelligence and nursing: Comment on Bulmer-Smith, Profetto-McGrath, and Cummings (2009)

  • K.V. Petrides

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: UCL Life Sciences, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • Nick Sevdalis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Received 6 September 2009 ,Accepted 20 September 2009.

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PII: S0020-7489(09)00317-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.09.010

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 526-528 , April 2010

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