Palliative care: A paradigm of care responsive to the demands for health care reform in America

Nursing Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sherman, Deborah Witt ^a   Cheon, Jooyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864863940     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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