Emerging health sector problems affecting patient rights in Turkey

Nüket Ornek Büken1, Erhan Büken

  • 1Nüket Ornek Büken, Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Deontoloji-Tip Etigi AD, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Türkiye. nuketbuken@hotmail.com

Nursing Ethics
|December 16, 2004
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