Palliative cancer care ethics: Principles and challenges in the Indian setting

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 107-110

  Mudigonda, Tejaswi ^a   Mudigonda, Parvathi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Leonard Chabert Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Comprehensive cancer center; Palliative care; Palliative ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650639404     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.73639     Document Type: Review

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