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The role of the nurse in the multidisciplinary team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

John Costello
John Costello*
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School of Health Care, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
*
John Costello, Senior Lecturer Nursing Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Healthcare, 79 Tithebarn Street, Liverpool L2 2ER, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 169 - 176
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