Interventions for improving palliative care for older people living in nursing care homes.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on March 16, 2011

Authors

Sue Hall1, Anna Kolliakou, Hristina Petkova, Katherine Froggatt, Irene J Higginson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London, Bessemer Road, Denmark Hill, London, UK, SE5 9PJ.

Associated clinical trials:

Identification of Elderly Patients in Need of Palliative Care by Family Physicians (GerPal-ID) | NCT04010136

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