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Winnie K W So1, Sophia S C Chan, Angel C K Lee

  • 1Departmet of Nursing Studies, 4/F Academic and Administration Block, Faculty of Medicine Buliding, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. wkwso@hkusua.hku.hk

International Journal of Nursing Studies
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