Facilitating knowledge of mental health nurses to undertake physical health interventions: a pre-test/post-test evaluation
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Facilitating knowledge of mental health nurses to undertake physical health interventions: a pre-test/post-test evaluation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nursing Management
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0966-0429
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12220