Living while dying/dying while living: Older clients' sociocultural experience of home-based palliative care

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 338-349

  McWilliam, Carol L ^a   Ward Griffin, Catherine ^a   Oudshoorn, Abram ^a   Krestick, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care relationships; Death and dying; End of life care; Palliative care; Psychosocial care

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349426285     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NJH.0000319190.93906.7d     Document Type: Article

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