[Nursing consultation for Leprosy patients: proposal of an instrument for nursing process application]

Marli Teresinha Cassamassimo Duarte1, Jairo Aparecido Ayres, Janete Passuto Simonetti

  • 1Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP.

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