The effect of community-managed palliative care program on quality of life in the elderly in rural Tamil Nadu, India

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-225

  Dongre, Amol R ^a   Rajendran, Koonjangad P ^b   Kumar, Suresh ^c   Deshmukh, Pradeep R ^d  

^a Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College   (India)

^b Four X4 Consulting Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Environment; India; Old age; Physical; Psychological; Quality of life; Rural; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873605321     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.105694     Document Type: Article

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