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A palliative care approach in psychiatry: clinical implications.

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Abstract
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Traditionally, palliative care has focused on patients suffering from life-threatening somatic diseases such as cancer or progressive neurological disorders. In contrast, despite the often chronic, severely disabling, and potentially life-threatening nature of psychiatric disorders, there are neither palliative care units nor clinical guidelines on palliative measures for patients in psychiatry.

Year of Publication
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2020
Journal
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BMC medical ethics
Volume
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21
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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29
Date Published
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2020
URL
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https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-020-00472-8
DOI
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10.1186/s12910-020-00472-8
Short Title
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BMC Med Ethics
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