Factors determining the place of palliative care and death of cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Van Den Eynden, B ^a   Hermann, I ^a   Schrijvers, D ^b   Van Royen, P ^a   Maes, R ^b   Vermeulen, L ^a   Herweyers, K ^b   Smits, W ^b   Verhoeven, A ^b   Clara, R ^b   Denekens, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Palliative Care Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Determining factors; Palliative care; Place of death; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033964048     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005209900094     Document Type: Article

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