Policy on palliative care in the WHO European region: An overview of progress since the Council of Europe's (2003) recommendation 24

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 230-235

  Woitha, Kathrin ^a,b   Carrasco, Jose Miguel ^a,b   Clark, David ^c   Lynch, Tom ^d   Garralda, Eduardo ^a,b   Martin Moreno, Jose Maria ^e   Centeno, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b IdiSNA Navarra Institute for Health Research   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84966440004     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv201     Document Type: Article

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