Methodological and structural challenges in palliative care research: How have we fared in the last decades?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 727-734

  Kaasa, Stein ^a,b   Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen ^a,c   Loge, Jon Håvard ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Research; Research design; Review literature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EUROPE; FUNDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846018945     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306072620     Document Type: Article

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