A study of graduate nursing students' reflections on the art of Tibetan medicine

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Steven L Baumann1, Denise C Murphy2, Christine Anne Ganzer3

  • 1Professor, Hunter College of the City University of New York sbaumann@hunter.cuny.edu.

Nursing Science Quarterly
|March 26, 2015
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Keywords:
Tibetan medicinearthermeneuticshumanbecomingnursing

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