Hospital based palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa; A six month review from Malawi

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tapsfield, Julia B ^a   Jane Bates, M ^b  

^a Provincial Hospital   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 79959959584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-12     Document Type: Article

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