Palliative care in Japan: A review focusing on care delivery system

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-215

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Kizawa, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delivery; Japan; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84877938765     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e3283612241     Document Type: Review

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