Effectiveness of Telehealth Palliative Care Needs Rounds in Rural Residential Aged Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Study

Overview

Journal Aust J Rural Health

Specialties Nursing
Public Health

Date 2021 Nov 10

PMID 34757687

Citations 6

Authors

Suzanne Rainsford

Sally Hall Dykgraaf

Christine Phillips

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