Community based palliative care education : Can it improve care of the terminally ill?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1999, Pages s105-s107

  Hall, Pippa ^a   Weaver, Lynda ^a   Hupé, Diane ^a   Seely, John E ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0032717137     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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