Policy Issues in End-of-Life Care

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Tilden, Virginia P ^a   Thompson, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Palliative care; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS; HEALTH POLICY; NURSES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449887023     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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