Palliative care in Kerala, India: A model for resource-poor settings

Onkologie

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-142

  Bollini, P ^a,c   Venkateswaran, C ^b   Sureshkumar, K ^b  

^a ForMed   (Switzerland)

^b Pain and Palliative Care Society   (India)

^c ForMed   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANCER; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VOLUNTEER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 2442463404     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076902     Document Type: Article

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