Palliative care at home. Dying at home: An increasingly important trend

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 49, Issue DEC., 2003, Pages 1581-1582

  Baillargeon, Lucie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0347526148     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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