Populations who die without specialist palliative care: Does lower uptake equate with unmet need?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-50

  Currow, David C ^a,e   Agar, Meera ^a,b   Sanderson, Christine ^c   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Palliative and Supportive Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health service research; Health services needs and demand; Needs assessment; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BIRTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 40449088392     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307085182     Document Type: Article

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