What Do We Know on Variables Influencing Clinical Decision-making in Elderly Cancer Patients?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-14

  Monfardini, S ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0029983115     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00580-3     Document Type: Article

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