Specialist palliative care in dementia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7482, 2005, Pages 57-58

  Hughes, Julian C ^a   Robinson, Louise ^b   Volicer, Ladislav ^c  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Health Services Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 11844302879     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.57     Document Type: Editorial

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