Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 357-367 , September 2007

Psychological consequences of awareness and their treatment

  • Claes Lennmarken, MD, PhD (Associate Professor)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.04.005

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 357-367 , September 2007

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