Legal issues Jor the prevention of pressure ulcers

Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  McKeeney, Louise ^a  

^a Tissue Viability Coventry Primary Care NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Guidelines; Recording

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449092831     PISSN: 02634465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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