Setting the standard: The role of the Australian College of Operating Room Nurses - Part I

ACORN

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Hamlin, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33846523419     PISSN: 14487535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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