In search of answers
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In search of answers

Peter Griffiths Professor of health services research, University of Southampton’s centre for innovation and leadership in health sciences
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For nursing research to be worthwhile, it needs to focus on what matters to patients, argues Peter Griffiths

Defining nursing research is a complex task. Is it research about nursing practice? Or is it research that is carried out by nurses? If it is the latter, what about the important work published in nursing research journals by colleagues from other disciplines?

Nursing Standard. 26, 33, 26-27. doi: 10.7748/ns2012.04.26.33.26.p8120

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18 April 2012 / Vol 26 issue 33

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