End of life care: The importance of culture and ethnicity

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 210-213

  Clark, Katherine ^a   Phillips, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Vulnerable populations (health)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77955891284     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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