Terminal cancer patients and timing of referral to palliative care: A Multicenter prospective cohort study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Costantini, Massimo ^a   Toscani, Franco ^b   Gallucci, Michele ^c   Brunelli, Cinzia ^d   Miccinesi, Guido ^e   Tamburini, Marcello ^d   Paci, Eugenio ^e   Di Giulio, Paola ^f   Peruselli, Carlo ^g   Higginson, Irene ^h   Addington Hall, Julia ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g Palliative Care Unit   (Italy)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Palliative care; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032854715     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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