Palliative care in the hinterlands: A description of existing services and doctors' attitudes

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 343-347

  Pereira, Glenn J ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life care; Palliative care service planning; Palliative medicine; Rural and remote medicine; Rural general practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33644877949     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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