Caring for people who are dying on renal wards: A retrospective study

EDTNA-ERCA Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Rees, K ^a,b  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Audit; Dying; End stage renal disease; Supportive and palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547895420     PISSN: 1019083X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2006.tb00458.x     Document Type: Article

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