Palliative care refers to a collaborative, comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to improve the quality of life of patients living with debilitating, chronic or terminal illness. Palliative care is appropriate at any stage of illness and should be provided simultaneously with all other medical t
Navigation and palliative care
β Scribed by Joshua Hauser; Melissa Sileo; Nicole Araneta; Rachel Kirk; Jeanne Martinez; Katie Finn; Joanne Calista; Ercilia Calcano; Lynda Thibodaux; Carol Harney; Kelli Bass; Mary Kathryn Rodrigue
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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