What works in 'real life' to facilitate home deaths and fewer hospital admissions for those at end of life?: Results from a realist evaluation of new palliative care services in two English counties

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wye, Lesley ^a   Lasseter, Gemma ^a   Percival, John ^a   Duncan, Lorna ^a   Simmonds, Bethany ^a   Purdy, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904775761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-13-37     Document Type: Article

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