Palliative medicine and advanced incurable illness;Palliativmedizin und fortgeschrittene, nicht heilbare Erkrankungen

Internist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-27

  Gartner J ^a,b   Simon, St ^a,b   Voltz, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Heart failure; Internal medicine; Renal failure; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

EID: 79952037887     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-010-2690-6     Document Type: Article

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