A comparative study to assess the awareness of palliative care between urban and rural areas of Ernakulum district, Kerala, India

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Joseph, Nitin ^a   Jayarama, S ^a   Kotian, Shashidhar ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Comparative study; Palliative care; Rural areas; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849123442     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.58457     Document Type: Article

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