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History of Nursing in The Bahamas: History of Nursing Bibliography

History of Nursing References

Adelberger. A., Neely-Smith, S. & Hagopian, A. (2011). Estimating nurse migration from the Bahamas between 1994 and 2005: An exploratory descriptive study using a social network identification methodology. Global Public Health, 6(7), 732-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2010.550588 

Adderley, M. (2018, November 26). Celebrating Sandra Coleby’s 47 years of public health service. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/nov/26/celebrating-sandra-colebys-47-years-public-health-/ 

Aiken, J., Lindo, J., Holder-Nevins, D., Pounall, V., Thomas, M., Baker-Reid, C., Ward, E. ; N., Jun, W., Allerton, B., Juan, C., Black, M., & Wei, F. (2012). Incivility in nursing education: A descriptive study of definitions and prevalence. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 46(1), 136–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.030 

Bahamas School of Nursing. (1991). Institutional self study.  [Author]. Call Number: LB2331 B33 1991 ** History of nursing in the Bahamas chronology (pp. 4-7).

Bahamas School of Nursing. (1991). Annual report for the year ending 31st December 1991. Ministry of Health. Call Number: Rare RA5 B33 1991 

Baker, M. L. (1989). Review of the implementation of the midwifery curriculum for Registered Nurses. Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. PAHO/WHO. Call Number: RG950 B37 1989 

Ballance, V. C., & McKenzie, Y. (2014). Educating nurses at the College of The Bahamas. International Journal of Bahamian Studies, 20(2), III 5-14. http://doi.org/ 10.15362/ijbs.v20i2.220 

Bessell, L. (1990). Report on nursing. Bahamas Health Project. Call Number: RT89 B47 1990 

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Islands.  Waterlow & Sons Limited. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927 ** Bahamas General Hospital (pp.22-27).

Blackman, F. (1995). Dame Nita: Caribbean woman, world citizen. I. Randle. Call Number: F2041.B316 B53 1995 

Bowen, H. V. (1992). Bird’s eye view of nurses footprints: Bahamas up to 1983 plus. [Author]. Call Number: RT7 B27 B68 1992 

Bowen, H. V. (1992). Nurses footprints: Bahamas up to 1983 plus. [Author]. Call Number: RT7 B27 B68 1993 

Bowleg, C. & Stuart, W. (1994). Nursing needs assessment 1994. Ministry of Health and Environment. Call Number: RT89 B69 1994 

British West Indies: Conditions of service of nursing staffs in hospitals. (1948). s.n. Call Number: RT7 C27 B74 1948 

Brown, R. (2014). The impossible dream: The early years of the College of The Bahamas. International Journal of Bahamian Studies, 20(2), II-1-II–11. https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v20i2.215 

Brown, S. (2014, February 26). Nurses still temporary after 15 years’ work. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/feb/26/nurses-still-temporary-after-15-years-work/ 

Bryan, V. D., Weaver, S., Anderson-Johnson, P., Lindo, J. M., & Bryan, V. (2013). The effect of interpersonal relationships between nursing students and lecturers on learning outcomes at a Jamaican nursing school. Caribbean Journal of Nursing, 1(1).  https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/23bc/346467168af1b590c564d2b04d7599c8c509.pdf 

Cadet, A. (2019, August 13). Bahamian nurses shine in South Florida. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/aug/13/bahamian-nurses-shine-in-south-florida/ 

Caribbean healing traditions: Implications for health and mental health. (2014). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Call Number: GR120 .C38 2014 

Carnegie, M. A. (1995). The path we tread: Blacks in nursing, 1854-1994. (3rd ed.).  National League for Nursing Press.  Call Number: RT83.5 C37 1995 ** Nursing in the Caribbean: Bahamas, (pp.233).

Craton, M. (2007). A-Z of Bahamas heritage. . Macmillan Caribbean. Call Number: RT7.B27 R46 1992  **Princess Margaret Hospital (pp. 252-3); Medical services (pp. 252-3); Bahamas General Hospital (pp. 252-3).

Dames, T. L. (2010). The historical development of tertiary education in the Bahamas: The College of the Bahamas, past, present, and future. (Thesis, Ph.D.) University of North Texas. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28409/m2/1/high_res_d/dissertation.pdf 

Darville, F. (2018, October 16). In honour of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/oct/16/in-honour-of-national-breastfeeding-awareness/ 

Davis, L. (1986). Report of the Salaries Review Committee-nursing. s.n. Call Number: RT7.B27 R46 1986 

Dean, J. (1994). Follow-up on the College of the Bahamas Associate of Arts degree nursing graduates, 1987-May 1989, first and second year post-graduation. College of The Bahamas Research Journal, 6, 34-53. https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v6i0.15 or Call Number: RT82.5 D32 1992 

Doctors Hospital. (1986). Nursing documentation manual. Department of Nursing Education. Call Number: RT51 D63 1998 

Douglas, E. J. (1978). An assessment of factors affecting nursing students' learning in the clinical areas. (Thesis, B.Ed.) College of The Bahamas/University of The West Indies. Call Number: Rare RT73 D68 1978 

Fielding, W. J., & Gibson, J. D. (2014). The changing profile of the College of The Bahamas’ graduates. International Journal of Bahamian Studies, 20(2), 12–15. https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v20i2.217 

Focus on the Bahamas. (1982). The Jamaican Nurse, 22(1), 19, 22. 

Fraser, G. A. (2011). The role of the College of The Bahamas in national development. http://www.viviangroupbahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/AGFraser-Role-of-COB-in-National-Development.pdf 

Gibson, J. (2013, April 23). Nursing pioneer pursues unconventional specialty. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/apr/23/nursing-pioneer-pursues-unconventional-specialty/ 

Gibson, J. (2016, August 9). A life lived in service of others. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/aug/09/life-lived-service-others/ 

Gibson, J. (2018, July 17). Nurse Kenny retires with a smile and love in her heart. The Tribune. ttp://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/jul/17/nurse-kenny-retires-with-a-smile-and-love-in-her/ 

Haniff, N. Z. (1988).Blaze a fire: Significant contributions of Caribbean women. Sister Vision, Black Women of Colour Press. Call Number: HQ1501 .H36 1988 

Hanna-Chisholm, S. (2008). Variables that predict nurses' intent to stay in the nursing workforce in the Bahamas (Thesis PhD.). Barry University. Call Number: RT42 .C47 2008 

Hepburn, C. (1987). An investigation into the causes of stress producing factors in first and third year nursing students of the registered nurse programme. (Thesis, B.Ed.) University of The West Indies. Call Number: Rare RT74 H4 1987 

Hewitt, H.H. (2002). Trailblazers in nursing education: A Caribbean perspective. Canoe Press Call Number: RT34 H485 2002 ** Julie Symes (pp. 177-78). 

Hezekiah, J. (2001). Breaking the glass ceiling: The stories of three Caribbean nurses. University of the West Indies Press. Call Number: RT34 H486 2001 ** Setting the stage for change (pp. 41, 43). Caribbean activist (pp.168). Advanced nursing education unit (pp.193).

Howell, J. (2013). Nursing empire: Travel letters from Africa and the Caribbean. Studies in Travel Writing, 17(1), 62–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2012.747797 

Knowles, L. (2000). The shortage of registered nurses and some related factors. [Author]. Call Number: RT7 .B27 K56 2000 

Knowles, R. (2020, January 21). Report says PMH needs an additional 115 to 120 nurses. The Nassau Guardian. https://thenassauguardian.com/2020/01/21/report-says-pmh-needs-an-additional-115-to-120-nurses/ 

Johnson, M. L. (2001). Nursing cadet programme. Ministry of Health. Call Number: RT86.73 .J64 2001 

Landauer, S. (1978). Recent nursing developments in the English-speaking Caribbean.  International Nursing Review, 17(2), 172-183. 

Lawal, J., Weaver, S., Bryan, V., & Lindo, J. L. (2015). Factors that influence the clinical learning experience of nursing students at a Caribbean school of nursing. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 6(4), 32–39. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v6n4p32 

Local nurses start specialised paediatric training. (2016, October 18). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/oct/18/local-nurses-start-specialised-paediatric-training/ 

Maycock, D. (2015, June 9). Family’s donations follow in footsteps of nurse. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/jun/09/familys-donations-follow-footsteps-nurse/ 

Maycock, D. (2016, September 8). Minister: Talks are under way to train more nurses. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/sep/08/minister-talks-are-under-way-train-more-nurses/ 

Maycock, D. (2018, May 22). Teaching the next generation of nurses. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/may/22/teaching-the-next-generation-of-nurses/ 

Maycock, D. (2019, May 17). Students complete Nursing Cadet Programme. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/may/17/students-complete-nursing-cadet-programme/ 

Mckenzie, N. (2018, January 12). Life and death fears as 70 nurses exit annually. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/jan/12/life-and-death-fears-as-70-nurses-exit-annually/ 

Ministry of Health. (2002). Celebrating 100 years of health: Health Heroes Award Ceremony.  Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. Call Number: RA440.9 B3 B34 2002  ** Mary Johnson (pp.36); Ironaca Morris-Baker (pp.37); Hilda Bowen (pp.31).; Carlotta Klass (pp.40). 

Neely-Smith, S., Turner, M. Curry, Z. A., Wilson, C. J., Adderley-Moxey, T. E., Smith, S. G. (2003). Pain management knowledge of registered nurses practicing in acute-care hospitals in the Bahamas. College of the Bahamas Research Journal, 12(1), 32-45. https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v12i0.51

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Nurses Association of the Bahamas. (2002). Constitution of the Nurses Association of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. [Author]. Call Number: RT7 B27 C6 2002 

Nursing Council of the Bahamas. (1989). Code of ethics. [Author]. Call Number: RT34 H485 2002 

Nursing Council of the Bahamas. (n.d.). Annual report for the year ended 30 June. [Author]. Call Number: RT7 .B28 A2 

Nursing graduates honoured in ceremony. (2014, November 18). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/nov/18/nursing-graduates-honoured-in-ceremony/ 

Oldenburger, D., Cassiani, S. H. B., Bryant- Lukosius, D., Valaitis, R. K., Baumann, A., & Pulcini, J. (2017). Implementation strategy for advanced practice nursing in primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica, 41, e40. https://scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892017000100603&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en 

Onuoha, P., Daniel, E., & Carter, P. (2016). Factors associated with nursing students’ level of satisfaction during their clinical experience at a major Caribbean hospital. Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 7(5), 2944–2954. https://tinyurl.com/y5vypczk

Philips, D. (1988).The nurse and the law: address.  [Typescript]. Call Number: RT7 .B27 P44 1988 

PLP condolences to Persis Rodgers. (2013, February 18). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/feb/18/plp-condolences-to-persis-rodgers/ 

Reid, U. V. (2000). Regional examination for nurse registration, Commonwealth Caribbean. International Nursing Review, 47, 174–183. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1466-7657.2000.00012.x 

Robinson, J. (2004). Mary Seacole: the most famous black woman of the Victorian Age. Carroll & Graf.  Call Number: RT37.S4 R62 2004 

Rolle, L. (2019, October 9). Dr. Sands hopes to reduce nurses waiting time for placements. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/oct/09/dr-sands-hopes-to-reduce-nurses-waiting-time-for/ 

Rolle, R. (2020, January 30). Nurses still missing out on money. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2020/jan/30/nurses-still-missing-out-on-money/ 

Rolle-Sands, S., Ingraham, K., & Salami, B. O. (2020). Caribbean nurse migration-a scoping review. Human Resources for Health, 18(19). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00466-y 

Schmid, K. (2003). Emigration of nurses from the Caribbean: Causes and consequences for the socio-economic welfare of the country: Trinidad and Tobago-A case study. https://sta.uwi.edu/salises/workshop/papers/kschmid.pdf 

Seacole, M. (1988).The wonderful adventures of Mrs. Seacole in many lands. Oxford University Press. Call Number: RT37 S4 S42 1988 

Shepherd, V. A. (1999). Women in Caribbean history. Ian Randle Publishers.  Call Number: HQ1525.4 W66 1999 

Smith. Sloan. (2020, April 8). Nurses: ‘We are trusting the govt. not to fail us.’ Eyewitnessnews. https://ewnews.com/nurses-we-are-trusting-the-govt-not-to-fail-us 

Smith, S. (2020, May 7). Student nurses fast tracked to work on COVID-19 frontlines. Eyewitnessnews .https://ewnews.com/student-nurses-fast-tracked-to-work-on-covid-19-frontlines 

Spotlight on Sandilands’ Kelly Ward. (2019, February 26). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/feb/26/spotlight-sandilands-kelly-ward/ 

Stronger, surer, bolder: Ruth Nita Barrow: social change and international development. (2001). Centre for Gender and Development Studies, Cave Hill and University of the West Indies Press. Call Number: F2041 .B316 S77 2001 

Swaby, G. (1980). The profession of nursing: A brief historical survey with special reference to Jamaica and the Caribbean. Nurses Association of Jamaica. Call Number:  RT7 J2 S82 1980 

Thompson, J. M. (1992). The evolution of nursing and its impact on health education and community health in the Bahamas. Sonz. Call Number: RT7 B27 B68 1993 

Thompson-Curling, V. B. (2008). Great Bahamians: Who were first in modern Bahamas. Media Enterprises. Call Number: F1650.5 T46 2008. **Hilda Valeria Bernice Bowen (pp.53-54).  

Wells, R. (2017, February 1). Nurse Patricia Laing’s winning smiles and hugs land prize. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/feb/02/nurse-patricia-laings-winning-smiles-and-hugs-land/ 

Welton, A. (2006). Migration trends among Caribbean nurses between 1994 and 2005 in the context of a high migration region: Why is the Bahamas different? Thesis (M.P.H.) University of Washington.  Call Number: RT7.B27 W46 2006 

Zug, K. E., Cassiani, S. H. D. B., Pulcini, J., Bassalobre Garcia, A., Aguirre-Boza, F., & Park, J. (2016). Advanced practice nursing in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regulation, education and practice. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.1615.2807 

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Pediatrics in the Bahamas and Caribbean

Ali, Z. (1995). Neonatal meninitis: A 3-year retrospective study at the Mount Hope Women’s Hospital, Trinidad, West Indies. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 41, 109. http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/ 

Ashcroft, M. T., Buchanan, I. C., Lovell, H. G., & Welsh, B. (1966). Growth of infants and preschool children in St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, West Indies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 19, 37. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/19.1.37 

Bahamas Infant Welfare Association. (1931). Annual report. [Author]. Call Number: RJ103 B24 B34 1931 

Bahamas Infant Welfare Association. (1938). Annual report. [Author]. Call Number: RJ103 B24 B34 1938 

Baker-Henningham, H., Powell, C., Walker, S., & Grantham-McGregor, S. (2003). Mothers of undernourished Jamaican children have poorer psychosocial functioning and this is associated with stimulation provided in the home. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 57, 786–792. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601611 

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island. Waterlow & Sons Limited. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927 ** Infant Welfare Center (pp.37-38).

Boyne, M. S., Thame, M., Osmond, C., Fraser, R. A., Gabay, L., Reid, M., & Forrester, T. E. (2010). Growth, body composition, and the onset of puberty: Longitudinal observations in Afro-Caribbean children. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism, 95(7), 3194–3200. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2010-0080 

Child welfare in the Bahamas: Duchess of Windsor’ Clinic Nassau. (1944, July). Nursing Mirror. (photocopy)

Craton, M. & Saunders, G. (1992). Islanders in the stream: A history of the Bahamian people, v. 1. University of Georgia Press. Call Number: F1656 C72 1992 v.1 **  Newborns (pp. 318). 

Craton, M. & Saunders, G. (1998). Islanders in the stream: A history of the Bahamian people, v. 2. University of Georgia Press. Call Number: F1656 C72 1998 v.2 **Infant Welfare Clinic (pp. 255, 279, 306)

Donaldson, D., Trotman, H., Barton, M., & Melbourne-Chambers, R. (2008). Routine laboratory investigations in infants and children presenting with fever and seizures at the University Hospital of the West Indies. West Indian Medical Journal, 57(4), 369. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e37e/a95947794b5bcde4f4951268534a0510faa4.pdf 

Hariharan, S., Krishnamurthy, K., & Grannum, D. (2011). Validation of Pediatric Index of Mortality-2 scoring system in a pediatric intensive care nnit, Barbados. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 57(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmq031 

Henny-Harry, C., & Tritman, H. (2016). Epidemiology of neonatal jaundice at the University hospital at the West Indies. West Indian Medical Journal, 61(1), 37. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6ce2/f39e9cb67ed038b4410cf10220b44499c1cb.pdf 

Junior, J. C., Caino, F. R., Teixeira, R., & Brunow De Carvalho, W. (2019). Fulminant acute hepatitis in pediatrics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 65(6), 914–921. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.65.6.914 

Kumar, A., & Singh, K. (2014). Major congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract among the newborns in one of the English Caribbean countries, 1993–2012. Journal of Clinical Neonatology, 3(4), 204–210. https://doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.144751 

Kumar, A., Best, C., & Benskin, G. (2017). Epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features and course of Chikungunya among a cohort of children during the first Caribbean epidemic. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 63, 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmw051 

Matthew, J., Pinto Pereira, L. M., Pappas, T. E., Swenson, C. A., Grindle, K. A., Roberg, K. A., Lemanske Jr, R. F., Lee, W.-M., Gern, J. E., Indies, W., Augustine, S., & And, T. (2009). Distribution and seasonality of rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses in a cross-section of asthmatic children in Trinidad, West Indies. Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-35-16 

Mowatt, L., Mcdonald, A., & Ferron-Boothe, D. (2012). Paediatric ocular trauma admission to the University Hospital of the West Indies, 2000-2005. West Indian Medical Journal Journal, 61(6), 598. https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/system/files/article_pdfs/dr_mowatt-1.qxd_.pdf 

Munnings, H.A. (2009). Princess Margaret Hospital: The story of a Bahamian institution. (2nd ed.),  Xlibris Corporation.  Call Number: RA984 B24 M96 2009 ** Special Care Baby Unit (pp. 138-144); Children’s Ward (pp. 43, 64-66, 70, 73, 79, 111, 149, 182-184); Infant Welfare Association (pp.138)

Powell, C., Baker-Henningham, H., Walker, S., Gernay, J., & Grantham-Mcgregor, S. (2004). Feasibility of integrating early stimulation into primary care for undernourished Jamaican children: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38132.503472.&C 

Salmon, M. E., Yan, J., Hewitt, H., & Guisinger, V. (2007). Managed migration: The Caribbean approach to addressing nursing services capacity. Health Research and Educational Trust, 42(3), 1354–1372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00708.x 

Samms-Vaughan, M. (2008). Comprehensive longitudinal studies of child health, development and behaviour in Jamaica: Findings and policy impact. West Indian Medical Journal, 57(6), 639–644. http://www.embase.com/search/results?subaction=viewrecord&from=export&id=L354824358 

Schwiebbe1, L., van Rest1, J., Verhagen, E., Visser, R. W. M., Kist-van Holthe, J., & Hirasing, R. A. (2011). Childhood obesity in the Caribbean. West Indian Medical Journal, 60(4), 442. https://research.vumc.nl/ws/files/801512/281758.pdf 

Simeon, D. T., Rattan, R. D., Panchoo, K., Kungeesingh, K. V., Ali, A. C., & Abdool, P. S. (2003). Body image of adolescents in a multi-ethnic Caribbean population. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 57(1), 157–162. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601515 

Trotman, H., & Barton, M. (2005). The impact of the establishment of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on the outcome of very low birthweight Infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies. West Indian Medical Journal, 54(5), 297. 

Trotman, H. (2006). The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies: The first few years’ experience. West Indian Medical Journal, 55(2), 75. https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/system/files/article_pdfs/trotman_the_neonatal_intensive_care_unit.pdf 

Trotman, H., Barton, M., Bell, Y., Thame, M., & Nicholson, A. (2008). Urinary tract infection in neonates with serious bacterial infections admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies. West Indian Medical Journal, 57(2), 101. https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/system/files/article_pdfs/barton_urinary_tract_infection_in_neonates_with_serious_bacterial_infections.pdf 

Vaz, K., McGrowder, D., Alexander-Lindo, R., Gordon, L., Brown, P., & Irving, R. (2010). Knowledge, awareness and compliance with universal precautions among health care workers at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica. The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1(4), 171–181. https://www.theijoem.com/ijoem/index.php/ijoem/article/view/43

Walker, S. P., Chang, S. M., Younger, N., & Grantham-Mcgregor, S. M. (2010). The effect of psychosocial stimulation on cognition and behaviour at 6 years in a cohort of term, low-birthweight Jamaican children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 52(7), e148–e154. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03637.x 

Wit, J. M. (1983). Morbidity and mortality patterns among pediatric patients in Dominica (West Indies). Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization, 17(2), 164–176. https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/27377/ev17n2p164.pdf?sequence=1 

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