Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
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Nurses’ perceptions of leadership in an adult intensive care unit: A phenomenology study

  • Jenelle Linton

      Affiliations

    • Northern Hospital, 185 Cooper St, Epping Vic 3076, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 8405 8000; fax: +61 3 8405 8524.
  • ,
  • Maureen J. Farrell

      Affiliations

    • University of Ballarat, University Drive, Mount Helen, PO Box 663, Ballarat Vic 3353, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 3 53 279 654; fax: +61 3 53 279 719.

,Accepted 18 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.11.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 64-71 , April 2009