title: The occasional palliative care patient: lessons we have learned.
abstract: Palliative care is a routine, creative and important part of rural practice, well suited to practitioners who are used to finding practical solutions for their patients' care. A simple, clear approach may be effective for the physician, the patient and his family.
authors.forename: Len
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Driscoll
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*