Development of a subject search filter to find information relevant to palliative care in the general medical literature

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-401

  Sladek, Ruth ^a,b   Tieman, Jennifer ^a   Fazekas, Belinda S ^c   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,d   Currow, David C ^a,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIODICALS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33751511719     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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