A review of an out-of-hours telephone support service for palliative care patients and their families

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 445-450

  Carlebach, Sarit ^a   Shucksmith, Janet ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer support; End of life; Home support; Out of hours; Palliative care; Telephone service

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957953970     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2010.16.9.78647     Document Type: Review

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