Prognostic assessment in terminally ill cancer patients: From evidence-based knowledge to a patient-physician relationship and back

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Maltoni, Marco ^a   Tassinari, Davide ^b  

^a Palliative Care Unit   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 1242318638     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216304pm868xx     Document Type: Article

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