Returning from the total institution to a home environment: A journey for birthing and dying

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 116-129

  Zweig, Steven C ^a   Oliver, Debra Parker ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthing rooms; Death; Home; Hospice; Nursing homes; Palliative care; Room; Total Institution

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749120636     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763890802665064     Document Type: Article

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