The incidence of suicide in palliative care patients

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-316

  Grzybowska, Pola ^a,b   Finlay, Ilora ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Holme Tower Marie Curie Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Palliative care; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; STAFF TRAINING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030824567     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921639701100408     Document Type: Article

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