Improving palliative care in Africa

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7679, 2008, Pages 1123-1124

  Powell, Richard A ^a   Mwangi Powell, Faith N ^a  

^a AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOME CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; STANDARD;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56749117768     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1566     Document Type: Editorial

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