What health care providers know (and need to know) about palliative care

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-215

  Fox, Charles R ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 38049107890     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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