Collegian
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 165-171 , October 2008

The evolution of palliative care and the relevance to residential aged care: Understanding the past to inform the future

  • Sonia Allen, PhD Candidate

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Northway Road, Churchill, Vic. 3842, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9902 6437; fax: +61 3 9902 6527.
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  • Ysanne Chapman, RN, PhD, MSc (Hons); BEd (Nsg); GDE; DRM; MRCNA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Northway Road, Churchill, Vic. 3842, Australia
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  • Margaret O’Connor, DN, MN, BTheol, RN FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Peninsula Campus, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Frankston, Vic. 3199, Australia
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  • Karen Francis, PhD, Med, Mhlth Sc, PHC Grad Dip Uni Teach/Learn, BHlth Sc Nsg, Dip Hlth Sc, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Northway Road, Churchill, Vic. 3842, Australia

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doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.09.001

Collegian
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 165-171 , October 2008