"A planning guide": Developing a consensus document for palliative care service provision

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Currow, David C ^a,b   Nightingale, Ellen M ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c The Cancer Council of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0141595072     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05572.x     Document Type: Review

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