A critical literature review exploring the challenges of delivering effective palliative care to older people with dementia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1144-1163

  Birch, Deborah ^a   Draper, Jan ^b  

^a UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life; Nurses; Nursing; Palliative care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 42349115532     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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