Palliative care: for whom and by whom?

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 573-574

  Reyners, An KL ^a   Peters, Frans T ^a   van Minnen, Cees A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADVANCED CANCER; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; EMOTIONALITY; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 34347265603     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(07)70186-9     Document Type: Letter

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