Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 157-166 , May 2007

Conflict Management Styles in the Health Professions

  • Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Dean, College of Health Sciences and Human Services and Minnie Rhea Wood Professor of Nursing, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Sportsman: Dean, College of Health Sciences and Human Services and Minnie Rhea Wood Professor of Nursing, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308.
    • ,
  • Patti Hamilton, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Director of Research and Professor of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX

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doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.01.010

Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 157-166 , May 2007

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