Audit of the Liverpool care pathway for the dying patient in a Dutch cancer hospital

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-308

  Veerbeek, Laetitia ^a   Van Zuylen, L I A ^a   Gambles, Maureen ^b,e   Swart, Siebe J ^c,d   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Van Der Rijt, Carin C D ^a   Ellershaw, John E ^b,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c Nursing Home Laurens Antonius IJsselmonde   (Netherlands)

^d Universit?tsklinikum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^e Liverpool Institute for Palliative Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846156831     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970602200410     Document Type: Article

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