Barriers for primary care physicians in providing palliative care service in Hong Kong - Qualitative study

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-9

  Hong, Tin Chak ^a   Lam, Tai Pong ^b   Chao, David V K ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Barrier; Focus group; Hong Kong; Palliative care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77952055191     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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