Wagga Wagga specialist outreach palliative medicine service: A report on the first 12 months of service

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Broadbent, Andrew ^a   McKenzie, Jenny ^a  

^a Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Medicine; Outreach; Palliative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PAIN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SYMPTOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33749501986     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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