Palliative care needs of chronically ill nursing home residents in Germany focusing on living, not dying

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Strohbuecker, Barbara ^a   Eisenmann, Yvonne ^a   Galushko, Maren ^a   Montag, Thomas ^a   Voltz, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early integration of palliative care; Nursing home residents; Patient preferences; Person centred care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951626852     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.1.27     Document Type: Article

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