Communicating with patients with peripheral artery disease.

J Vasc Nurs

Vascular Clinical Nurse Consultant, Concord Repatriation General Hospital Concord, Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address:

Published: September 2022

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