Palliative care in the long-term care setting

Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 73-90

  Ersek, Mary ^a,b   Sefcik, Justine S ^b   Stevenson, David G ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 85019726695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0407-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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