Evaluation of an admission and discharge programme at a UK specialist palliative day hospice

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 275-281

  De Vries, Kay ^a   Wells, Joanne ^b   Plaskota, Marek ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Southern Adelaide Palliative Care Service   (Austria)

^c PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Case study; Discharge; Emotional and psychological wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865429874     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.6.275     Document Type: Article

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