Place of death for the elderly in need of end-of-life home care: A study in Japan
โ Scribed by Toshio Hayashi; Hideki Nomura; Koichiro Ina; Toshiaki Kato; Takahisa Hirose; Zen Nonogaki; Yusuke Suzuki
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4943
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