PubMed · 1997 · 19 citations · 17 references
This program appears to meet most of the need for palliative care in Edmonton. Family physicians, with support from consulting teams, have a central role. Evaluation is ongoing; an important issue is how best to support patients dying at home.
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Terminal cancer care and patients' preference for place of death: a prospective study.
Joy Townsend, Andrew Frank, D. Fermont et al. · BMJ · 1990 · 559 citations · Full text