"Sometimes I want to run": A nurse reflects on loss in the intensive care unit

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-45

  Couden, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0036395222     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/108114402753344472     Document Type: Review

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