The Griffith Area Palliative Care Service (GAPS): An evaluation of an Australian rural palliative care model

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 112-119

  Eagar, Kathy ^a   Owen, Alan ^a   Masso, Malcolm ^a   Quinsey, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Health services research; Palliative care; Patient care team; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 33947615795     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992606X112315     Document Type: Review

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