Dying without pain: Nurses giving morphine in Uganda

European Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-95

  Jack, Barbara ^a   Merriman, Anne ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospice Africa ^*  (Uganda)

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EID: 40749105751     PISSN: 13522779     EISSN: 14790793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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