Social class variation in place of cancer death

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 369-373

  Sims, Anita ^a   Radford, John ^a,b   Doran, Keith ^a   Page, Hilary ^b  

^a St John's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b Doncaster Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Neoplasms; Place of death (non MeSH); Social class; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0030663338     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921639701100506     Document Type: Article

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