Home-based palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 298-307

  Downing, Julia ^a   Powell, Richard A ^a   Mwangi Powell, Faith ^a  

^a AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952476207     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3181dbf2b6     Document Type: Article

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