Palliative care for non-malignant disease?

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 98-99

  Stewart, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Heart failure; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0141683696     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2003.072     Document Type: Editorial

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