Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 110-115 , May 2010

Communication needs of nonspeaking hospitalized postoperative patients with head and neck cancer

  • Carmen S. Rodriguez, PhD, ARNP, BC, AOCN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0197, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 352 273 6328; fax: +1 352 273 6536.
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  • Doreen M. Blischak, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Neale and Associates, Inc., Melrose, FL 32666-3906, USA

Received 21 November 2007 ,Revised 11 April 2008 ,Accepted 15 April 2008.

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☆ Intramural Research Grant Program of the University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL.

PII: S0897-1897(08)00043-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.04.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 110-115 , May 2010

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