Managing terminally ill prisoners: Reflection and action

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 457-461

  Finlay, Ilora G ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Human rights; Prisoners; Prisons; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRISONER; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031793176     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921698674823377     Document Type: Article

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