title: WITHDRAWN: The Research Excellence Framework (REF): A major impediment to free and informed debate?
abstract: The publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies, volume 45 (2008) 487-488, doi:10.1016/S0020-7489(08)00043-6. The duplicate article has therefore been withdrawn.
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: Mike
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authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ingleton
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayter