Barriers to accessing palliative care: A review of the literature

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-19

  Love, Anthony William ^a   Liversage, Laura Maher ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to palliative care; Communication styles; Patient characteristics; Symptom complexity; Treatment models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84896695892     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743291X13Y.0000000055     Document Type: Article

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