Home-based Palliative Care: A Strategy for Keeping Intensive Care Unit Beds Vacant

The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases throughout the world is an undeniable phenomenon; 395,000 deaths occurred in Iran in 2014 and about 76% of them were related to chronic diseases.1 Cancer is one of the chronic diseases that are progressing rapidly. In Iran, cancer is known as the third c...

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Main Author: Heshmatolah Heydari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery
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Online Access:http://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/index.php/ijcbnm/article/view/498/118