Ranking of Palliative Care Development in the Countries of the European Union

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 370-377

  Woitha, Kathrin ^a,b   Garralda, Eduardo ^a,b   Martin Moreno, Jose María ^c   Clark, David ^d   Centeno, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b IdiSNA Navarra Institute for Health Research   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; Europe; palliative care; Ranking

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BELGIUM; DIRECTORY; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PORTUGAL; PUBLICATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; STANDARDS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84995680428     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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