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Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 93-99 , July 2010

Meeting the challenges of chronic illness: A nurse-led collaborative community care program in Thailand

  • Siriorn Sindhu, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University, 2 Prannok Road Siriraj, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +662 4197 466-80x1759; fax: +662 4128 415.
    • ,
  • Chennet Pholpet, RN, MNS

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Walailak University, Thailand
    • ,
  • Somjai Puttapitukpol, RN, DNS

      Affiliations

    • Sukhothai Thammathirat, Open University, Thailand

Received 13 May 2010 ,Accepted 14 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.05.003

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