Developing clinical guidelines for end-of-life care: Blending evidence and consensus

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Dunning, Trisha ^a   Savage, Sally ^a   Duggan, Nicole ^b   Peter Martin, ^b  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; End of life; Evidence; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865505067     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.8.397     Document Type: Article

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