Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 207-213 , December 2007

Education and training of pain nurse specialists in the United Kingdom

Received 29 March 2007 ,Revised 25 July 2007 ,Accepted 16 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.08.022

Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 207-213 , December 2007

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