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Names: McEwen, Melanie, author. | Wills, Evelyn M., author. Title: Theoretical basis for nursing / Melanie McEwen, Evelyn M. Wills. Description: Fifth edition. | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2018] |

Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017049174 | ISBN 9781496351203 Subjects: | MESH: Nursing Theory Classification: LCC RT84.5 | NLM WY 86 | DDC 610.73—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049174

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