Out-of-hours GPs and palliative care-a qualitative study exploring information exchange and communication issues

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Taubert, Mark ^a   Nelson, Annmarie ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHARMACY; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 77955366459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-9-18     Document Type: Article

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