The Supportive Care Task Force at the University of L'Aquila: 2-Years experience

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 351-355

  Porzio, Giampiero ^a   Ricevuto, Enrico ^a   Aielli, Federica ^a   Verna, Lucilla ^a   Cannita, Katia ^a   Pollice, Rocco ^a   Aloisi, Paolo ^b   Porto, Claudio ^b   Marchetti, Paolo ^a   Ficorella, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medical oncology; Supportive care; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; DIETITIAN; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NAUSEA; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 21544467783     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0772-5     Document Type: Article

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