Palliative care research: Issues and opportunities

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-339

  Krouse, Robert S ^a,h   Rosenfeld, Kenneth E ^b   Grant, Marcia ^c   Aziz, Noreen ^d   Byock, Ira ^e   Sloan, Jeffrey ^f   Casarett, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h 2 112 Tucson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 2442695591     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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