Requests from professional care providers for consultation with palliative care consultation teams

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 920-928

  Groot, Marieke M ^a   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^a   Courtens, Annemie M ^b   Kuin, Annemieke ^c   Van Der Linden, Barbara A ^d   Zuylen, Liavan ^e   Crul, Ben J P ^f   Grol, Richard P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Daniel Den Hoed Cancer Centre ^*

Author keywords

Advisory services; Consultation; Palliative care; Professional competence; Quality assurance in health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 27144435474     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0796-5     Document Type: Article

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