Improving Transitions of Care between the Intensive Care Unit and General Internal Medicine Ward. A Demonstration Study
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عنوان ژورنال: ATS Scholar
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2690-7097
DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2019-0023oc