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Equal opportunities and positive action in the British National Health Service: some lessons from the recruitment of minority ethnic groups into nursing and midwifery

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Equal opportunities and positive action in the British National Health Service: some lessons from the recruitment of minority ethnic groups into nursing and midwifery. / Iganski, Paul; Mason, David; Humphreys, Ann et al.
In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2001, p. 294-317.

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Iganski, P, Mason, D, Humphreys, A & Watkins, M 2001, 'Equal opportunities and positive action in the British National Health Service: some lessons from the recruitment of minority ethnic groups into nursing and midwifery', Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 294-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870020023454

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Iganski, P., Mason, D., Humphreys, A., & Watkins, M. (2001). Equal opportunities and positive action in the British National Health Service: some lessons from the recruitment of minority ethnic groups into nursing and midwifery. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(2), 294-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870020023454

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Iganski P, Mason D, Humphreys A, Watkins M. Equal opportunities and positive action in the British National Health Service: some lessons from the recruitment of minority ethnic groups into nursing and midwifery. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 2001;24(2):294-317. doi: 10.1080/01419870020023454

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Iganski, Paul ; Mason, David ; Humphreys, Ann et al. / Equal opportunities and positive action in the British National Health Service : some lessons from the recruitment of minority ethnic groups into nursing and midwifery. In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 2001 ; Vol. 24, No. 2. pp. 294-317.

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