Do specialist palliative care teams improve outcomes for cancer patients? A systematic literature review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 317-332

  Hearn, Julie ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Outcome assessment (health care); Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031716734     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921698676226729     Document Type: Article

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