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Planning Care for Neurology and Neurosurgery Patients with Critical Illnesses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

G. Bryan Young  and
Diane Thrasher
G. Bryan Young*
Affiliation:
London, Ontario
Diane Thrasher
Affiliation:
London, Ontario
*
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Victoria Hospital, 375 South Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 4G5
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , November 1994 , pp. 295 - 298
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1994

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