Palliative Care in Advanced Dementias

Dementia

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-136

  Byock, Ira ^a   Ingram, Cory ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Care plan; Palliative care; Watch Over Me

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945248780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118656082.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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