Roles, service knowledge and priorities in the provision of palliative care: A postal survey of London GPs

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 487-492

  Burt, Jenni ^a   Shipman, Cathy ^b   White, Patrick ^b   Addington Hall, Julia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Palliative care; Postal survey; Primary care; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 33746931751     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1159oa     Document Type: Article

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