What do residential aged care facility policies say about palliative care and dying?

Collegian

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 27-31

  O'Connor, Margaret ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aged care; discourse analysis; palliative care; policy

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

EID: 33847012412     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60452-7     Document Type: Article

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