Stroke units: The implementation of a complex intervention

Educational Action Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-504

  Kilbride, Cherry ^a   Meyer, Julienne ^b   Flatley, Mary ^b   Perry, Lin ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85006563226     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14759390500200301     Document Type: Article

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