Out-of-hours need for specialist palliative care face-to-face assessments

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-277

  Sheils, R ^a   Ankrett, H ^a   Edwards, A ^a   Hicks, F ^a   Kiely, Mary ^a,b   Lennard, R ^a   Rock, C ^a  

^a Yorkshire Cancer Network Palliative Care Group Audit Sub Group   (United Kingdom)

^b HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; TELEPHONE; WORK SCHEDULE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 63549104408     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308101211     Document Type: Letter

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