The Bane of Accurate Referencing: How to Achieve "Perfection"

Keightley Amen

Cynthia R. King, PhD, NP, MSN, RN, FAAN,

Paula Trahan Rieger

ONF 2005, 32(4), 734-736. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.734-736

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