Provision of palliative care for life-limiting disease in a low income country national hospital setting: How much is needed?

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Lewington, Jane Rachel ^a   Namukwaya, Elizabeth ^b   Limoges, Julie ^b   Leng, Mhoira ^b   Harding, Richard ^c  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ANALGESIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875791604     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000188     Document Type: Article

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