Studying the effectiveness of palliative care [2]

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1022-1023

  Penrod, Joan ^a   Morrison, R Sean ^b   Meier, Diane E ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Palliative Care Research Center   (United States)

^c Center to Advance Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 50949085201     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.9.1022-b     Document Type: Letter

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