Waiting for the Platelet Count to Rise: Negotiating Care at the End of Life

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 772-781

  Abrahm, Janet L ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Hospice; Palliative care; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0242665346     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-120023775     Document Type: Review

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