Handover of Patients From Prehospital Emergency Services to Emergency Departments
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Information loss in emergency medical services handover of trauma patients.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nursing Care Quality
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1057-3631
DOI: 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000351