home-based palliative care: a strategy for keeping intensive care unit beds vacant

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heshmatolah heydari instructor, school of nursing and midwifery, lorestan university of medical scinces, khoramabad,iran. and, phd candidate in nursing education, school of nursing and midwifery, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

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Journal title:
international journal of community based nursing and midwifery

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