Not published, not indexed: Issues in generating and finding hospice and palliative care literature

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-675

  Tieman, Jennifer J ^a   Abernethy, Amy ^b   Currow, David C ^a  

^a Department of Palliative and Supportive Services ^*  (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLICATION; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77954440043     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0273     Document Type: Article

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