Palliative care for chronic illness: Driving change

CMAJ

Volumn 188, Issue 17-18, 2016, Pages E493-E498

  Rocker, Graeme ^a,b   Downar, James ^c,d   Morrison, R Sean ^e,f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e National Palliative Care Research Center   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGAN FAILURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; STUDY DESIGN; SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TERMINAL CARE;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85002251367     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.151454     Document Type: Article

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