An insight into the delivery of a palliative approach in residential aged care: The general practitioner perspective

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-405

  Phillips, Jane ^a,d   Davidson, Patricia M ^b   Willcock, Simon ^c  

^a Cancer Australia   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Cancer Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; General practice; Multidisciplinary care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; RURAL AREA;

EID: 65149097743     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464808328607     Document Type: Article

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