Rapidly increasing end-of-life care needs: A timely warning

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mitchell, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life care; Healthcare integration; Healthcare planning; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGING; BIOMED CENTRAL; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS;

AGING; CAREGIVERS; CURRICULUM; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85021947177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0897-2     Document Type: Note

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