A palliative approach or specialist palliative care? What happens in aged care facilities for residents with a noncancer diagnosis?

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-87

  Parker, Deborah ^a   Grbich, Carol ^a   Brown, Margaret ^b   Maddocks, Ian ^a   Willis, Eileen ^a   Roe, Penny ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 22244438565     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970502100203     Document Type: Article

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