Twentieth-Century Social and Health-Care Influences on Location of Death in Canada

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-161

  Wilson, Donna M ^a   Smith, Susan L ^c   Anderson, Marjorie C ^c   Northcott, Herbert C ^c   Fainsinger, Robin L ^c   Stingl, Michael J ^c   Truman, Corrine D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0347607338     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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