'Heated political dynamics exist....': Examining the politics of palliative care in rural British Columbia, Canada

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Castleden, Heather ^b   Hanlon, Neil ^c   Schuurman, Nadine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; Canada; entitlement; ownership; palliative care; politics; professional; qualitative; rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POLITICS; RURAL AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 78751552714     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310378784     Document Type: Article

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