Supporting Patients and Their Caregivers After-Hours at the End of Life: The Role of Telephone Support

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Supporting Patients and Their Caregivers After-Hours at the End of Life: The Role of Telephone Support

Twenty-four hour access is accepted as a gold standard for palliative care service delivery, yet minimal data exist to justify the cost of this initiative to health care planners and policy makers. Further, there is scant information concerning optimal and efficient methods for delivering after-hour...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Phillips, J., Davidson, Patricia, Newton, Phillip, DiGiacomo, Michelle
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2008
Subjects:	health service evaluation After-hours telephone support services Australia palliative care
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47270

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