Cut flowers.

نویسندگان

  • Antony Sheehan
  • Stephen Wright
چکیده

'The great appear great, because we are on our knees. Let us rise!,' wrote Larkin. Jean Faugier ( 1 ) described the 'tall poppy syndrome' and spoke of 'bold, nonconformist', brightly- coloured flowers being chopped down mercilessly by farmers just because they were different and stood above the rest in the wheatfields.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)

دوره 9 35  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995