A palliative care assocation for the whole of Africa

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 583-584

  Defilippi, Kath ^a   Downing, Julia ^b   Merriman, Anne ^c   Clark, David ^d  

^a Port Shepstone   (South Africa)

^b The Midway Centre   (Uganda)

^c Hospice Africa Uganda   (Uganda)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 7944233347     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm954ed     Document Type: Editorial

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