Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 226-233 , August 2007

Introduction of a liaison nurse role in a tertiary paediatric ICU

,Accepted 8 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.12.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 226-233 , August 2007

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