The patient's perspective on access to medical equipment

Medical Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-12

  Kailes, June Isaacson ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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