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Methodological challenges in rural and frontier nursing research.

Bigbee JL, Lind B

Department of Nursing, Boise State University, USA.

Rural/frontier nursing research poses unique methodological challenges, including definitional inconsistency, social/cultural issues, methodological/statistical concerns, and the inherent diversity among rural communities. These challenges need to be creatively addressed to enhance the rural/frontier nursing research body of knowledge.

Published 7 May 2007 in Appl Nurs Res, 20(2): 104-6.
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