The end of life in Dutch nursing homes;Het levenseinde in Nederlandse verpleeghuizen

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 224-232

  Deliens, L ^a,b   Brandt, H E ^c   Ribbe, M W ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life; Residential elderly care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149358891     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03078161     Document Type: Article

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