Author:
Balls Makala,Kalus Christine
Abstract
This article describes the findings from an audit of clinical psychology referrals within a hospice. Issues related to the role of clinical psychology in Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) and in conducting further audit and research in this area are discussed.
Publisher
British Psychological Society
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