The assault on the Liverpool care pathway

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7882, 2012, Pages

  McCartney, Margaret ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EUTHANASIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868712228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7316     Document Type: Short Survey

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