Developing targets for public health initiatives to improve palliative care

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schneider, Nils ^a   Lueckmann, Sara L ^a   Kuehne, Franziska ^a   Klindtworth, Katharina ^a   Behmann, Mareike ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FAMILY; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 77951580480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-222     Document Type: Article

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