Wounds at the end of life

Wounds

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 91-98

  Tippett, Aletha W ^a,b  

^a Vitas Innovative Hospice   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POLICY; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 19044363947     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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