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Decision Making in Clinical Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Dawn Hardy  and
Brian Smith
Dawn Hardy*
Affiliation:
Advanced Midwife Practitioner, Wirral Hospital Trust, Wirral, UK
Brian Smith
Affiliation:
Senior Lecturer and Solstice Fellow, Edge Hill University, Liverpool, UK
*
Correspondence to: D. Hardy, 9 Woodheath Way, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 0BQ, UK. E-mail: dawnh@aol.com
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 19 - 21
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2008

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