The relationship between general practitioners, hospital consultants and community nurses when caring for people in the last year of their lives

Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 350-355

  Cartwright, Ann ^a  

^a Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DYING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL CARE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMAN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0026325671     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/8.4.350     Document Type: Article

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