Australian general practitioners' and oncology specialists' perceptions of barriers and facilitators of access to specialist palliative care services

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-435

  Johnson, Claire ^a   Paul, Chris ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Currow, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 79953851479     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0259     Document Type: Article

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