Inaugural editorial on an interdisciplinary journal on nursing, rehabilitation and healthcare sciences

Editor note

Yingjuan Cao, Shouwei Yue, Shixue Li and Patricia M. Davidson are members of the Editorial Board member of the Journal of Healthcare and Rehabilitation.

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CRediT authorship contribution statement

Yingjuan Cao: Conceptualization, Writing-original draft, Writing-review & editing. Shouwei Yue: Conceptualization, Writing-original draft, Writing-review & editing. Shixue Li: Conceptualization, Writing-original draft, Writing-review & editing. Patricia M. Davidson: Conceptualization, Writing-original draft, Writing-review & editing.

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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