Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 128-132 , June 2009

Notes on critical care—Review of seminal management and leadership papers in the United Kingdom

  • Maureen Coombs

      Affiliations

    • Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, Hants, UK
    • University of Southampton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, Hants, UK. Tel.: +44 2380796121.

,Accepted 31 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.01.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 128-132 , June 2009

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