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Chapter 50 - Closing the Loop: How the Elderly Live the Experience of Surgery

from Section 5 - Key Issues for Optimal Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2017

By
Gabriella Bettelli
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Gabriella Bettelli
Gabriella Bettelli
Affiliation:
University of San Marino
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Perioperative Care of the Elderly
Clinical and Organizational Aspects
 , pp. 342 - 347
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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