User perspective on palliative care services: Experiences of middle-aged partners bereaved through cancer known to social work services in Northern Ireland

Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-180

  Agnew, Audrey ^a   Manktelow, Roger ^a   Donaghy, Kevin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bereavement; Palliative care; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249110389     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503150802341400     Document Type: Article

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