Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Page 16 , January 2005

A model long-term care hospice unit: Care, community, and compassion

  • Jeanie Kayser-Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • JEANIE KAYSER-JONES, RN, PhD, FAAN, the Department of Physiological Nursing and UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of California, San Francisco.
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  • Joyce Chan, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • JOYCE CHAN, RN, MS, the Department of Physiological Nursing and UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of California, San Francisco.
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  • Alison Kris, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • ALISON KRIS, RN, PhD, the Department of Physiological Nursing and UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of California, San Francisco.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2004.11.001

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