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Nursing Research in Europe
Author(s) -
Tierney Alison J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international nursing review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1466-7657
pISSN - 0020-8132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1466-7657.45.no.1issue337.4.x
Subject(s) - workgroup , nursing , socioeconomic status , nursing research , diversity (politics) , politics , health care , medicine , political science , environmental health , population , computer network , computer science , law
Nursing research has been developing in Europe for over 30 years. Yet it is still a relatively new activity in some countries and extremely variable in a region where countries vary greatly in size, language, culture, politics and socioeconomic status and in the role and status of nursing and healthcare systems. While such diversity limits a comprehensive account of nursing research throughout Europe in a short article, an overall view is given below, based on experience in the UK and participation in the Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers (WENR) * .