Nurses' experiences of caring for postoperative bariatric patients

Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Whitfield, Paulette J ^a,b   Grassley, Jane ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 57349098602     PISSN: 15571459     EISSN: 15571467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bar.2008.9945     Document Type: Article

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