Faith and palliative care: a partnership of care in low- and middle-income countries

Development in Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 610-621

  Grant, Elizabeth ^a   Leng, Mhoira ^b   Namukwaya, Elizabeth ^c   Onapito, Ivan Odiit ^d   Kimani, Kellen ^a   Downing, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Aid Development policies; Civil society; Social sector Health

Indexed keywords

AID; CIVIL SOCIETY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; HEALTH CARE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 85026292435     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: 13649213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1330400     Document Type: Article

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