Hospice Care for Patients with Advanced Progressive Dementia.

This volume demonstrates how hospice care leads to improved quality of life for patients with terminal dementia and their families. Much of the information is based on the successful 10-year experience of the E.N. Rogers Memorial Hospital, where the first palliative care program for the management o...

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Main Author: Volicer, Ladislav
Other Authors: Hurley, Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2004.
Series:Springer series on ethics, law, and aging.
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