Referral to specialist palliative care

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1040-1042

  Broom, A ^a   Kirby, E ^a   Good, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Palliative and Supportive Care Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medical specialist; Oncology; Palliative care; Referral practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYING; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; REFERRAL PRACTICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL PRACTICE;

EID: 84893967427     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02879.x     Document Type: Article

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