Palliative care: Meeting the needs of dying patients and their carers

Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Wilson, Vicky ^a  

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Author keywords

Communication; Informing relatives; Relieving symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149121641     PISSN: 02634465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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