"No one dies of old age": Implications for research, practice, and policy

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-156

  Wilson, Donna M ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^b   Birch, Stephen ^c   MacLeod, Rod ^d,j   Mohankumar, Deepthi ^a   Armstrong, Paul ^e   Froggatt, Katherine ^f   Francké, Anneke L ^g   Low, Gail ^a   McCormack, Brendan ^h   Hollis, Vivien ^a   Williams, Allison ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j North Shore Hospital   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79959916429     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971102700211     Document Type: Review

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