Characteristics of deaths in a department of oncohaematology within a general hospital. A study of 81 cases

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 302-306

  Bauduer, F ^a   Capdupuy, C ^a   Renoux, M ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LA CÔTE BASQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Death; Palliative treatment; Terminal patient

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; STEROID;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLID TUMOR; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033944948     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900087     Document Type: Article

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