A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lucas, Beverley ^a   Small, Neil ^a   Greasley, Peter ^a   Daley, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEATH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 51649111036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-9     Document Type: Article

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