Handover and note-keeping: The SBAR approach

Clinical Risk

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 173-175

  Wacogne, Ian ^a   Diwakar, Vinod ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957737034     PISSN: 13562622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/cr.2010.010043     Document Type: Article

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