Assessing Delirium in Cancer Patients. The Italian Versions of the Delirium Rating Scale and the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale
โ Scribed by Luigi Grassi; Augusto Caraceni; Elisabetta Beltrami; Claudia Borreani; Maria Zamorani; Marco Maltoni; Massimo Monti; Massimo Luzzani; Sebastiano Mercadante; Franco De Conno
- Book ID
- 114266214
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3924
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