Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 272-280 , October 2007

A qualitative study exploring patients perceived quality of life following an emergency liver transplant for acute liver failure

  • Suzanne Sargent

      Affiliations

    • Hepatology, Institute of Liver Studies, Kings College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 207 346 4836; fax: +44 207 346 4836.
    • ,
  • Steven P. Wainwright

      Affiliations

    • Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London, James Clark Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8WA, United Kingdom

,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.03.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 272-280 , October 2007

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