End-of-life care in the nursing home

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 462-464

  Cruz Oliver, Dulce M ^a   Sanford, Angela M ^a   Paniagua, Miguel A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DYING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77956266962     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.06.005     Document Type: Editorial

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