Improving end of life care for the person with dementia: A practical approach from general practice

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-376

  Evans, Gillie ^a  

^a Jenner Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life care; Nursing homes; Palliative care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949131290     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209104978     Document Type: Article

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