Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 51-57 , February 2006

Cancer Care in Nursing Homes

  • Meg Bourbonniere

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT
    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, RN, 100 Church St, South, P.O. Box 9740, New Haven, CT 06536
    • ,
  • Janet H. Van Cleave

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT
    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

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PII: S0749-2081(05)00118-X

doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2005.10.007

Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 51-57 , February 2006

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