Current and planned palliative care service provision for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in 239 UK hospital units: Comparison with the gold standards framework

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 480-485

  Buxton, Katherine L ^a   Stone, Robert A ^b   Buckingham, Rhona J ^b   Pursey, Nancy A ^b   Roberts, Christopher M ^b  

^a St Francis Hospice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; TERMINAL CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953984443     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310363650     Document Type: Article

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