End-of-life decision making for nursing home residents with dementia: A survey of nursing home social services staff

Health and Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-199

  Lacey, Debra ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Dementia; End of life; Life sustaining treatment; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749672122     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/31.3.189     Document Type: Review

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