Nurse-Physician Communication in the Long-Term Care Setting
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Nurse Practitioners in Long-term Care
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Patient Safety
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1549-8417
DOI: 10.1097/pts.0b013e3181b53f9b