Don't just do something, stand there: Responding to unrelieved patient suffering

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Dettmore, Diane ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955460058     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20110302-01     Document Type: Article

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