Knowledge regarding Advance Directives among Community-dwelling Elderly
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1225-9578
DOI: 10.5977/jkasne.2013.19.3.330