Implementation of a palliative care team in an Austrian university hospital

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 795-801

  Strohscheer, Imke ^a   Verebes, Julijana ^a   Samonigg, Hellmut ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAM BUILDING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AUSTRIA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745935202     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0017-x     Document Type: Article

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