Three approaches to delivering end-of-life education to care homes in a region of south east England

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-35

  Booth, Michele ^a   Springett, Angela ^a   Nash, Sue ^b   Banks, Chris ^b  

^a St Wilfrid's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Care home; End of life care education; Gold standards framework for care homes; Six steps to success care home programme

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEARNING; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84897018328     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2014.20.1.27     Document Type: Article

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