Dying from Heart Failure: Lessons from Palliative Care. Many Patients Would Benefit from Palliative Care at the End of Their Lives

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1998 Oct 9

PMID 9765160

Citations 3

Authors

L M Gibbs

J Addington-Hall

J S Gibbs

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