What’s in a name? When it comes to nursing care, quite a lot, actually
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What’s in a name? When it comes to nursing care, quite a lot, actually

Esmerdis Berelian Editor, Primary Health Care

What’s in a name? A famous question. Anyone familiar with Romeo and Juliet might recall that Shakespeare has Juliet suggest that names are irrelevant. Not so. Names can be important; indeed, so much so that two of our evidence and practice articles emphasise the positive aspects of knowing nurses’ names – for patients and their nurses.

Primary Health Care. 34, 6, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/phc.34.6.5.s1

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