COMFORT AND DISTRESS IN THE ICU: SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

Curtis N. Sessler

doi:10.1055/s-2001-13825

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Table of Contents

Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 22(2): 111-114
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-13825

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COMFORT AND DISTRESS IN THE ICU: SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM

Curtis N. Sessler

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