Scaling up a community-based palliative care program among faith-based hospitals in Tanzania

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Hartwig, Kristopher N ^a   Hartwig, Kari A ^f   DiSorbo, Phil ^b   Hofgren, Berit ^a   Motz Storey, Lisa ^c   Mmbando, Paul ^a   Msurri, Mellow ^a   Mwangi Powell, Faith ^d   Powell, Richard A ^d   Smith, Shelley ^b   Jacobson, Mark ^e  

^a Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^b Foundation for Hospices in Sub Saharan Africa   (United States)

^c Denver Hospice   (United States)

^d AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^e Selian Lutheran Hospital   (Tanzania)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Faith based organizations; Hospice; Palliative care; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955336283     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971002600308     Document Type: Article

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