Mother-Baby Care: The Best for Patients, Nurses and Hospitals

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 273-278

  Waller Wise, Renece ^a,b  

^a Alabama Medical Center   (United States)

^b TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865391146     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01744.x     Document Type: Note

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