Quality in life and death: Can we have the conversations?

Nursing Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Gardner, Deborah B ^a  

^a Hawaii State Center for Nursing   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84866780106     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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