Estimating the size of a potential palliative care population

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 556-562

  Rosenwax, L K ^a   McNamara, B ^a   Blackmore, A M ^a   Holman, C D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic characteristics; Palliative care; Population based data

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 27844514615     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm1067oa     Document Type: Article

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