Terminal care in malignant disease.

نویسنده

  • M R Alderson
چکیده

PATIENTS may be referred to hospital in the terminal stages of cancer for specific medical needs or because home circumstances are unsuitable. Other patients may be cared for in difficult conditions at home, because of the wishes of the patients or their relatives. The aim of the present study was to categorize the terminal needs of patients dying from cancer in the city of Manchester, which has a population of over six hundred thousand.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British journal of preventive & social medicine

دوره 24 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1970