Trends toward earlier referrals to a palliative care team [3]

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-205

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Fujimoto, Koji ^a   Imura, Chizuru ^a  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 25144511623     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.06.003     Document Type: Letter

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