No time for dying: A study of the care of dying patients in two acute care Australian hospitals

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-86

  Pincombe, Jan ^a   Brown, Margaret ^a   McCutcheon, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE; WARD;

EID: 0141687197     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970301900202     Document Type: Article

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