End-of-life care in urban areas of China: A survey of 60 oncology clinicians

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-132

  Wang, Xin Shelley ^a   Di, Li Jun ^b   Reyes Gibby, Cielito C ^a   Guo, Hong ^a   Liu, Shu Jun ^b   Cleeland, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Communication; End of life care; Practice and attitude

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; CHINA; COMPETENCE; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; DYSPNEA; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

EID: 1242315657     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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