Smarter palliative care for cancer: Use of smartphone applications

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-110

  Jamwal, Nisha Rani ^a   Kumar, Senthil P ^b  

^a Fortis Super Specialty Hospital   (India)

^b MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Palliative care information technology; Palliative oncology; Telemedicine; Telephone triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000631153     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.173950     Document Type: Article

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