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Internet Resources for Nurses

Joyce J Fitzpatrick; Kristen S Montgomery

Kristen S Montgomery; Joyce J Fitzpatrick

[by] Robert D. Nye

Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated

Springer series on the teaching of nursing, Berlin, 2000

United States, United States of America

Older Edition, 2000

New York, ©2000

September 2000

Bibliography: p. 187-196.

MChB

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