Best practice for care in the last days of life

Working with Older People

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 25-28

  Murphy, Deborah ^a   Bolger, Maria ^a   Agar, Ruth ^a  

^a Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992969851     PISSN: 13663666     EISSN: 20428790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13663666200700047     Document Type: Review

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