Home-based Palliative Care: A Strategy for Keeping Intensive Care Unit Beds Vacant
The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases throughout the world is an undeniable phenomenon; 395,000 deaths occurred in Iran in 2014 and about 76% of them were related to chronic diseases.1 Cancer is one of the chronic diseases that are progressing rapidly. In Iran, cancer is known as the third c...
Main Author: | Heshmatolah Heydari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2016-04-01
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Series: | International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery |
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Online Access: | http://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/index.php/ijcbnm/article/view/498/118 |
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