Translating the World Health Organization definition of palliative care into scientific practice
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Translating the World Health Organization definition of palliative care into scientific practice.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), palliative care is concerned with the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems of patients with life-threatening illnesses and of their families. This is a tall order for clinical practice, let alone scientific research. Clearly, this task cannot be mastered by one single profession, but requires a cooperation of several disciplines. This ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Palliative and Supportive Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1478-9515,1478-9523
DOI: 10.1017/s1478951510000489