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Safe Staffing in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit: No Magic Formula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2010

Pat Smedley
Pat Smedley
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BARNA President, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University, London
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 3 - 8
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2010

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