Terminal cancer care and patients' preference for place of death: A prospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 301, Issue 6749, 1990, Pages 415-417

  Townsend, J ^a   Frank, A O ^a   Fermont, D ^a   Dyer, S ^a   Karran, O ^a   Walgrove, A ^a   Piper, M ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0025150403     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.301.6749.415     Document Type: Article

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