Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 237-246 , August 2008

Calm or Not Calm: The Question of Anxiety in the Perianesthesia Patient

  • Siv Rosén, RNA, MSc
    • ,
  • Margita Svensson, RNA, MSc
    • ,
  • Ulrica Nilsson, RNA, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr Ulrica Nilsson, Centre for Health Care Sciences, Örebro University Hospital, Box 1324, SE-701 13 Örebro, Sweden

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PII: S1089-9472(08)00194-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2008.05.002

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 237-246 , August 2008

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