Developing criteria to assist in the palliative phase of COPD

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 364-369

  Trueman, Jacqui ^a   Trueman, Ian ^b  

^a Lincolnshire Community Health Services ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Education; Illness trajectories; Non cancer; Palliative care; Recognition of end of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953007056     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.6.364     Document Type: Article

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