Difficult choices: Policy and meaning in japanese hospice practice

Caring for the Elderly in Japan and the U.S.: Practices and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 146-171

  Long, Susan Orpett ^a   Chihara, Satoshi ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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EID: 85071582102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203464472-18     Document Type: Chapter

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