Elderly patients with cancer: An ethical dilemma

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-154

  Kearney, Nora ^a   Miller, Morven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elderly; Ethics

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGEVITY; RISK FACTOR;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033955616     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(99)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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