Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 187-193 , August 2006

Intensive care and beyond: improving the transitional experiences for critically ill patients and their families

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☆ This is an abridged transcript of a Professorial Lecture held 19 May, 2005. The purpose of these lectures is to provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the program of research a professor of the university has undertaken, thus the lecture represents a summary of the academic's work.

PII: S0964-3397(06)00069-3

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.05.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 187-193 , August 2006

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