The Cape Town palliative care declaration: Home-grown solutions for sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Sebuyira, Lydia Mpanga ^a   Mwangi Powell, Faith ^b,c   Pereira, Jose ^e   Spence, Christopher ^c,d  

^a Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^b Palliative Care   (United Kingdom)

^c Diana   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e County Hall ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CANCER; CAREGIVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038693440     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662103322144646     Document Type: Note

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