Hospice care: A cross-cultural comparison between the United States and Thailand

Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Matchim, Yaowarat ^a   Aud, Myra ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural comparison; Hospice care; Thailand; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953640490     PISSN: 15222179     EISSN: 15390705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0b013e3181b41f82     Document Type: Article

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