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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJNCP-193, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/193
Research Article
Peers Engaging in Empowering Research (PEER): Finding Women's Voices after Prison

Barbara J. Pickering*, Jennifer Sputek and Gayle Rutherford

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Barbara J. Pickering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; E-mail: bjpicker@ucalgary.ca
16 May 2016; 02 August 2016; 04 August 2016
Pickering BJ, Sputek J, Rutherford G (2016) Peers Engaging in Empowering Research (PEER): Finding Women’s Voices after Prison. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 3: 193. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/193
This study was supported through a University Research Grant Committee fund.

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