Development of an end-of-life care pathway for patients with advanced heart failure in a community setting

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Smith, David ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Collaboration; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865409223     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.6.295     Document Type: Article

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