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Palliative care
— an international necessity | | Author(s) | Robert G Twycross |
| Journal title | Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, vol 16, no 1,, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 61-80 |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Social ethics. |
| Annotation | Palliative care is the care of patients whose disease is incurable and whose life expectancy is limited to weeks or months. This commentary describes the development of modern palliative care, and some of the elements and underlying philosophical constructs of such care. It calls for expansion and improvement in end-of-life care throughout the world. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020524201 A |
| Classmark | LV: TQ |
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