Setting up a palliative care clinic within a radiotherapy department: A model for developing countries

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 343-347

  Bansal, M ^a   Patel, Firuza D ^a   Mohanti, Bidhu K ^b   Sharma, S C ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

India; Palliative care; Radiotherapy; Set up

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037700221     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0418-4     Document Type: Article

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