Mismanagement of Deler ~ Um Places Patients at Risk
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Dr Chantal Ski BA (Hons), PhD, Research Fellow, Deakin University/Eastern Health School of Nursing, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria, Australia Professor Bev O'Connell' RN, MSc, PhD, FRCNA, Chair in Nursing, Cabrini Deakin Centre for Nursing Research, 183 Wattletree Rd, Malvern, Victoria, Australia 'corresponding author [email protected] Accepted for publication May 2005
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تاریخ انتشار 2006