Experiences, knowledge, and opinions on palliative care among Romanian general practitioners

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-147

  Dumitrescu, Luminita ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Wim J A ^b   Van Den Heuvel Olaroiu, Marinela ^c  

^a Slatina Hospital   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Divisie Ouderen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; ROMANIA; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33644658352     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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