End-of-life care in nursing homes: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey

National Health Statistics Reports

Volumn , Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Bercovitz, Anita ^a   Decker, Frederic H ^a   Jones, Adrienne ^a   Remsburg, Robin E ^a  

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Author keywords

End of life care; Hospice; National Nursing Home Survey; Nursing home; Pain; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047656549     PISSN: 21648344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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