Improving symptom management at the end of life in the home care environment

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 360-363

  Childress, Susan B ^a   Christensen, Anne R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges; End of life; Management; Symptom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548151182     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822307300886     Document Type: Article

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