Care of terminally ill patients. Experience of the Palliative Care Unit of the Max Peralta Hospital in Cartago during 1996
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Palliative care is a relative new activity in Costa Rica. The Palliative Care Unit of Max Peralta Hospital in Cartago is the first team of the country' that began the attention of terminal patients and their families in 1990. This is a homecare program and the team is integrated by doctors, nurses, pharmachologists, psychologists and volunteers. This articledescribes the activities the Palliative Care Unit of Max Peralta Hospital did during 1996.
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