Palliative Care in Resource-Poor Settings: Fallacies and Misapprehensions

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 515-517

  Harding, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 54349110652     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.04.019     Document Type: Note

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