Letter to Editor

Nurses’ sickness presenteeism: Benefit or burden?

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Keywords
sickness presenteeism; ethics; nurses; patient care; nonmaleficence

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Zolkefli Y. Nurses’ sickness presenteeism: Benefit or burden?. NPT. 2023;10(4):276-278.