Care of dying patients
Denise Heming Lecturer Practitioner/Practice Development Nurse, Palliative Care, Salisbury Hospice/Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University
Ann Colmer Team Leader, Community/Hospital Palliative Care Teams, Salisbury Hospice, Salisbury
This article provides an overview of the care required by patients in the last 48-72 hours of life, as well as the support required by carers.
Nursing Standard.
18, 10, 47-54.
doi: 10.7748/ns2003.11.18.10.47.c3508
Correspondence
dheming@bournemouth.ac.uk
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