Pediani R, Walsh M
University College of St Martin's, Lancaster.
Nurs Stand. 2000;14(24):36-40. doi: 10.7748/ns2000.03.14.24.36.c2776.
Nurses are insistent that they have a great deal more to offer than being merely doctors handmaidens. This article examines how nursing education and practice can be changed by increasing our knowledge of 'memes'--the cultural equivalent of genes--and the ways traditional beliefs are passed down to generations of nurses.
