Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 323-330 , December 2007

The development of critical care in England

,Accepted 20 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.04.008

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 323-330 , December 2007