An exploration of palliative care provision in Scottish care homes

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-15

  Reid, Lorna ^a   Snowden, Austyn ^b   Kydd, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Nursing and Midwifery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Care home; End stage dementia; NHS support; Non malignant disease; Palliative care; Palliative care tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856101701     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2012.21.1.8     Document Type: Article

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