Emotion-focused care requested by hospital patients with dementia via advance care planning
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1747-0307,2052-2800
DOI: 10.12968/bjnn.2020.16.1.29