International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , 15 February 1999

Culture, conceptive technology, and nursing

  • M Sandelowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Womens and Childrens Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, #7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Tel.: +1 919 966-4298; fax: +1 919 843-9969; e-mail: margarete—sandelowski@unc.edu

Received 25 June 1997 ,Revised 1 March 1998 ,Accepted 29 April 1998.

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International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , 15 February 1999