Geriatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Page 149 , May 2004

Assisted living: aging in place and palliative care

  • Ethel L Mitty, EdD, RN

      Affiliations

    • ETHEL L. MITTY, EdD, RN, is an adjunct clinical professor and research associate in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2004.04.019

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Page 149 , May 2004