Palliative inpatients in general hospitals: A one day observational study in Belgium

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Desmedt, Marianne S ^a   De La Kethulle, Yolande L ^b   Deveugele, Myriam I ^c   Keirse, Emmanuel A ^d   Paulus, Dominique J ^e   Menten, Johan J ^f   Simoens, Steven R ^g   Vanden Berghe, Paul J ^d   Beguin, Claire M ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Door Building ^*  (Belgium)

^e Centre Administratif du Botanique   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

EID: 79952099073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-2     Document Type: Article

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