Guided imagery as a coping strategy for perioperative patients.

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Published in AORN J on October 01, 1997

Authors

D Tusek1, J M Church, V W Fazio

Author Affiliations

1: Guided Imagery Program, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA.

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