Caring for patients with HIV disease: The experience of a generic hospice

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-607

  Gibes, Louise M E ^a,c   Ellershaw, J E ^b   Williams, M D ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Marie Curie Centre Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMOBILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030832720     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713613200     Document Type: Article

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