Studies of palliative care for pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial pneumonia at the end-of-life over the last 20 years

Japanese Journal of Chest Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Arita, Ken Ichi ^a   Mito, Akiko ^a   Kajihara, Toshiki ^a   Nitta, Tomoko ^a   Ikegami, Yasuhiko ^a   Awaya, Hirokazu ^a   Yamasaki, Masahiro ^a  

^a ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic respiratory failure; Narrative based medicine; Palliative care; Pulmonary fibrosis interstitial pneumonia; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951202110     PISSN: 03853667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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