COPD: Criteria to assist in the identification of the palliative phase

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 635-639

  Trueman, Jacqui ^a   Trueman, Ian ^b  

^a NHS Trust ^*  (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: 79959209871     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.10.635     Document Type: Article

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