Identification of patients with noncancer diseases for palliative care services

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-14

  Grbich, Carol ^a   Maddocks, Ian ^a   Parker, Deborah ^a   Brown, Margaret ^b   Willis, Eileen ^a   Piller, Neil ^a   Hofmeyer, Anne ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inclusion criteria; Noncancer disease; Palliative care; Residential aged care facilities; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 33646448466     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951505050029     Document Type: Article

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