A CASE STUDY OF PATIENT DIGNITY IN AN ACUTE HOSPITAL SETTING A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of London South Bank University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Table of contents The trigger and starting point for the study (original) (raw)
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