Nursing Experience for a Spinal Cord Injury Patient with Pressure Ulcer—Nursing Experience for a Pressure Ulcer Patient
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2168-5657,2168-5614
DOI: 10.12677/ns.2013.21001