Collaboration between the specialties in provision of end-of-life care for all in the UK: Reality or utopia?

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 339-347

  Procter, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Hebden Road   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Dementia; End of life care; Heart failure; Neurological care; Specialist palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865404469     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.7.339     Document Type: Review

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