Is it recorded in the notes? Documentation of end-of-life care and preferred place to die discussions in the final weeks of life

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cox, Karen ^a   Moghaddam, Nima ^b   Almack, Kathryn ^a   Pollock, Kristian ^a   Seymour, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 80155147978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-18     Document Type: Article

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