Needs Assessments in Palliative Care: An Appraisal of Definitions and Approaches Used

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 500-505

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Hart, Sam ^a   Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Selman, Lucy ^a   Harding, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

methods; Needs assessment; palliative; public health; review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34247628495     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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