Survey of blood transfusion practice for palliative care patients in Yorkshire: Implications for clinical care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 919-922

  Brown, Elizabeth ^a   Bennett, Mike ^b  

^a St Gemma's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Teaching and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DYSPNEA; ENGLAND; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848875743     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0199     Document Type: Article

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