A telephone survey of the provision of palliative day care services

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Copp, Gina ^a   Richardson, Alison ^b   McDaid, P ^c   Marshall Searson, D A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day care; Palliative care; Patient questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DAY CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031781764     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921698676428725     Document Type: Article

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