Palliative care consultation in the Netherlands: A nationwide evaluation study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-60

  Kuin, Annemieke ^a   Courtens, Annemie M ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^d   Van Zuylen, Lia ^e   Van Der Linden, Barbara ^f   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation teams; Evaluation; Palliative care; Patient characteristics; Primary health care; Support and advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRATION;

EID: 0346098103     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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