Development of a handoff evaluation tool for shift-to-shift physician handoffs: The handoff CEX

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Development of a handoff evaluation tool for shift-to-shift physician handoffs: the Handoff CEX.

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Medicine

سال: 2013

ISSN: 1553-5592

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2023