The virtues of hospice

Patient Care

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 72-91

  Caloras, Daniel ^a   Coloney, Margaret J ^b   Kangas, Carla A ^c   Wegryn, Robert L ^b,d,e  

^a Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire   (United States)

^b Center for Hope Hospice and Palliative Care Center   (United States)

^c Springfield Area Hospice   (United States)

^d Trinitas Health Care   (United States)

^e Union Hospital   (United States)

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