Intersectoral Ward Rounds on Patients Admitted to Temporary Twenty-Four-Hour Accommodations in Denmark: Case Study
By: Julie Grew, Maj Thomsen and Michaela Louise Schiøtz
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5688 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Submitted on: Jan 5, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 28, 2022
Published on: Feb 11, 2022
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