Where have all the hospital flowers gone?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7735, 2009, Pages 1388-

  Cohn, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FLOWER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FLOWERS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 73149099652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b5406     Document Type: Editorial

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