Survey of specialist palliative care services for noncancer patients in Ireland and perceived barriers

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-83

  O'Leary, Norma ^a   Tiernan, Eoin ^b  

^a Blackrock Hospice   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

End of life; Hospices; Noncancer; Palliative care; Survey; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRELAND; MANAGER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 40449137723     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307084609     Document Type: Article

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