Routinization and medicalization of palliative care: Losses, gains and challenges

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-303

  Floriani, Ciro Augusto ^a   Schramm, Fermin Roland ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health services administration; Hospice care; Palliative care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84870198928     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511001039     Document Type: Article

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