Can palliative care teams relieve some of the pressure on acute services?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Murtagh, Fliss ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84902178817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3693     Document Type: Editorial

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