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Merian Litchfield
A 2022 Personal Retrospective of Children’s Nursing 1970s – 1980s:
Wellington Hospital’s Ward 19 Paediatric Ward and Beyond
Merian Litchfield RN PhD
retrospective-children-nursing-march2022
click on thr link above to read Merian's essay
Marie Farquhar
Hilary Patton nee Harper
Merian Litchfield
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Pauline Schwartz nee Payne
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Last updated 15 March 2022.
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