Preoperative assessment and consent for surgery: a role for the gynaecology nurse-practitioner.

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Published in J Obstet Gynaecol on February 01, 2010

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W Dartey1, H Borase, A Organ, T Evans, R Fox

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1: Division of Women's and Children's Health, Taunton and Somerset Hospital, Taunton, UK.

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