Availability of services in Ontario hospices and hospitals providing inpatient palliative care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-534

  Towns, Kathryn ^a   Dougherty, Elizabeth ^c   Kevork, Nanor ^c   Wiljer, David ^c   Seccareccia, Dori ^a,c   Rodin, Gary ^b,c,d   Le, Lisa W ^c   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; METHADONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE; HOSPICE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL WARD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NEPHROSTOMY; ONTARIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; WARD; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861017023     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0453     Document Type: Review

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