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Handbook for Brunner & Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing.
—12th ed.
p. ; cm.
Rev. ed. of: Handbook for Brunner & Suddarth’s textbook of
medical-surgical nursing / Joyce Young Johnson. 11th ed. c2008.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-7817-8592-1
1. Nursing—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Surgical nursing—Handbooks,
manuals, etc. I. Johnson, Joyce Young. Handbook for Brunner &
Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing. II. Title: Textbook of
medical-surgical nursing. III. Title: Handbook for Brunner and
Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing.
[DNLM: 1. Nursing Care—Handbooks. 2. Perioperative Nursing—
Handbooks. WY 49 H2326 2010]
RT41.J56 2010
617'.0231—dc22
2009028731
ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-8592-1
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