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Evidence in palliative care research: how should it be gathered?
Author(s) -
Aoun Samar M,
Kristjanson Linda J
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07034.x
Subject(s) - citation , palliative care , library science , sociology , psychology , nursing , medicine , computer science
More recently, this debate has moved to emerging research areas,such as palliative care. This discipline urgently requires a widerevidence base, but acquiring this evidence presents particularproblems.Evidence in palliative care researchIn palliative care research, methodological difficulties arise becauseof the complex physical, psychological, existential and spiritualproblems faced by patients, families and professionals.