The last 3 months of life of cancer patients: Medical aspects and role of home-care services in southern Switzerland

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-185

  Sessa, C ^a   Roggero, E ^a   Pampallona, S ^b   Regazzoni, S ^a   Ghielmini, M ^a   Lang, M ^a   Marx, B ^a   Neuenschwander, H ^a   Pagani, O ^a   Vasilievic, V ^a   Cavalli, F ^a  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b Med Statistics for Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer center; Home care services; Hospital stay; Place of death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030141226     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01682337     Document Type: Article

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