One size fits all: Palliative care for people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-43

  Matthews, Dorothy ^a   Gibson, Lynn ^a   Regnard, Claud ^b,c  

^a TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; LEARNING DISORDER; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77952296080     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2010.71.1.45972     Document Type: Article

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