Interventions for improving palliative care for older people living in nursing care homes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hall, Sue ^a   Davies, E ^b   Frogatt, K ^b   Higginson, I ^b   Kolliakou, A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMBASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 44949220360     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007132     Document Type: Review

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