Discrepancies in the viewpoints of different German health care providers on palliative care

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-109

  Schneider, Nils ^a   Buser, Kurt ^a   Amelung, Volker E ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Health care providers; Health services research; Palliative care; Point of view

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PASTORAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33846681283     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278706293398     Document Type: Article

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