Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 248-249 , September 2006

Narratives of critical care: The missing link

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 Financial support: Funding was provided by an RO1 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (RO1-NR05226).

PII: S0883-9441(06)00086-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2006.06.005

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 248-249 , September 2006