Extending specialist palliative care to all?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1271-1280

  Field, David ^a   Addington Hall, Julia ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Dying; Hospices; Palliative care services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032977779     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00430-4     Document Type: Article

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