Leading end-of-life care: An action learning set approach in nursing homes

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-141

  Hewison, Alistair ^a   Badger, Frances ^a   Swani, Tina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning set; End of life care; Managers; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79953002425     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.3.135     Document Type: Article

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