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The role of virtue ethics in psychiatric nursing

K Lützén, A B da Silva

    Nursing Ethics
    |September 1, 1996
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Bioethics and Professional EthicsMental Health TherapiesProfessional Patient Relationship

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