Palliative home care: Improving co-operation between the specialist team and the family doctor

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-348

  Desmedt, M ^a   Michel, H ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Family doctor satisfaction; Home; Palliative care team; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036936757     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0345-4     Document Type: Article

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