Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 7-16 , July 2007

Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia

,Accepted 6 January 2007.

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 This work was supported by a grant from the National Alzheimer's Association (IIRG-05-13412).

PII: S0885-3924(07)00262-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.01.003

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 7-16 , July 2007

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