Following bereavement, poor health is more likely in carers who perceived that their support from health services was insufficient or whose family member did not die in the carer's preferred place of death

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 94-95

  Payne, Sheila ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864796296     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebn1076     Document Type: Note

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