The need for new perspectives on evaluation of palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 737-738

  Grande, Gunn ^a   Preston, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TERMINAL CARE;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 82955222930     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216311425641     Document Type: Editorial

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