Hospice care

Choices in Palliative Care: Issues in Health Care Delivery

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 45-61

  Cassin, Carolyn ^a  

^a Continuum Hospice Care ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84884594617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70875-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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