Appropriate seating for medical patients: An audit

Australian Health Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-319

  Kuys, Suzanne S ^a,b   Dolecka, Urszula E ^a   Morrison, Carol A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chairs; medical patients; patient seating

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052219365     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH10943     Document Type: Article

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