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15 - ICU staff

Needs and utilization

from Section 2 - Quality management of the ICU

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

Bertrand Guidet
Affiliation:
Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris
Andreas Valentin
Affiliation:
Medical University of Vienna
Hans Flaatten
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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Quality Management in Intensive Care
A Practical Guide
, pp. 117 - 123
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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