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COMMENTS, CRITIQUE, AND INSPIRATION COLUMN

Assault on Nursing Staff: Blaming the Victim, Then and Now

, DNSc, , PhD, RN & , MEd, RN, RPN, DipCouns
Pages 547-548 | Published online: 19 Jul 2011

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