International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 7 , Pages 815-825 , July 2010

Situated clinical encounters in the negotiation of religious and spiritual plurality: A critical ethnography

  • Barbara Pesut

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Okanagan, FIN 344, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 250 807 9955; fax: +1 250 807 8085.
    • ,
  • Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

      Affiliations

    • Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada

Received 15 July 2009 ,Revised 4 November 2009 ,Accepted 6 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.11.014

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 7 , Pages 815-825 , July 2010

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