Palliative wound care at the end of life

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 196-202

  Hughes, Ronda G ^a   Bakos, Alexis D ^b,c   O'Mara, Ann ^c,d,e,f,g,h   Kovner, Christine T ^{e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IAFN s Social Justice Committee   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY   (United States)

^f American Nurses Association   (United States)

^g American Association for Cancer Education   (United States)

^h International Society for Quality of Life Research ^*

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

End of life; Ethical; Palliative; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645552485     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822304271815     Document Type: Article

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