Palliative care at home: General practitioners working with palliative care teams

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Yuen, Kevin J ^a,b   Behrndt, Margaret M ^a   Jacklyn, Christopher ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey K ^c  

^a Cancer Foundation Cottage Hospice   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; REVIEW; SALARY; STAFF TRAINING; TERMINAL DISEASE; TIME;

EID: 0141483518     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05577.x     Document Type: Review

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