Can medical education extend palliative care?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 640-642

  Llyod Williams, Mari ^a   Carter, Yvonne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; TEACHER;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0142011007     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm831xx     Document Type: Article

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