Out of sight out of mind: reframing remoteness in providing palliative care in remote Australia

Collegian

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 29-33

  White, Kate ^a   Wall, David ^a   Kristjanson, Linda ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community capacity; palliative care; remote area health; remote culture; social hegemony

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947618538     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60463-1     Document Type: Article

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