General practitioners caring for terminally ill patients resident in a hospice

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 437-438

  Hermann, I ^a,b   Denekens, J ^a   Van Den Eynden, B ^a,b   Van Royen, P ^a   Verrept, H ^a   Maes, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Residential Palliative Care Unit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

General practitioner; Hospice; Palliative care unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEES, MEDICAL; HOSPICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032830801     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050306     Document Type: Article

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