Wound care in the face of life-limiting illness

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Tice, Martha A ^a  

^a Capital Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ODOR; OVARY TUMOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; ODORS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33646454492     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200602000-00011     Document Type: Review

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