Assessing Basic Needs in Frail Older Persons Calls for Aesthetic Nursing Skills – An Ethnographic Approach
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SOJ Nursing & Health Care
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2471-6529
DOI: 10.15226/2471-6529/1/1/00105