Palliative care in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7791, 2011, Pages 240-

  Thorns, Andrew ^a  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 79251578631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d106     Document Type: Editorial

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