Towards a social model of end-of-life care

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2375-2390

  Brown, Louise ^a   Walter, Tony ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compassionate community; Dying; Informal care; Mobilisation; Palliative care; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920569988     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct087     Document Type: Article

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