Open AccessIdentifying people in need of palliative care services in rural Tamil Nadu: A survey
Author(s) -
Suguna Elayaperumal,
Vengatesan Venugopal,
Amol R Dongre
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_92_18
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , family medicine , nursing , population , health care , environmental health , economics , economic growth
As a part of initiating community-based palliative care program in the field practice areas of Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC), Villupuram, it was necessary for us to identify people who need palliative care to plan our services.