Status of palliative care in Latin America: Looking through the Latin America Atlas of palliative care

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-416

  Pastrana, Tania ^a   Eisenchlas, Jorge ^b   Centeno, Carlos ^c   De Lima, Liliana ^d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Buenos Aires Skin   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

ALCP; Atlas; Development; Latin America; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PALLIATIVE CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887973755     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000008     Document Type: Review

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