Clinician perceived good practice in end-of-life care for patients with COPD

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 855-858

  Roberts, C M ^a   Seiger, A ^a   Buckingham, R J ^a   Stone, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Pulmonary disease chronic obstructive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 58149268130     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308096722     Document Type: Article

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