Palliative medicine update: A multidisciplinary approach

Pain Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 576-588

  Vissers, Kris C P ^a   van den Brand, Maria W M ^a   Jacobs, Jose ^a   Groot, Marieke ^a   Veldhoven, Carel ^a   Verhagen, Constans ^a   Hasselaar, Jeroen ^a   Engels, Yvonne ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life care; Multidisciplinary team; Palliative medicine; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CAREGIVER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84883463967     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12025     Document Type: Review

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