Palliative care in India: Current progress and future needs

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Khosla, Divya ^a   Patel, Firuza D ^a   Sharma, Suresh C ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Challenges; Education; Hospice; India; Palliative care; Perspectives; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873590900     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.105683     Document Type: Review

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